A SYSTEM ON WEB-BASED CONTINUOUS SOFTWARE PROCESS ASSESSMENT (CONTINUOUS SPA)

Xian Chen, Paul Sorenson, John Willson

2007

Abstract

Software process assessments are now recognized as important quality improvement activities in the software industry. However, most assessment applications are generally regarded as infrequent, expensive and disruptive for the workplace. Hence, it is advantageous to find alternative ways to the current status of software processes and monitor the implementation of improvement activities. In this paper, we focus on continuous process assessment and capability monitoring. A web-based prototype system is developed to perform a practical study on continuous software process assessment in one process area: project management. The study results show that features such as global management, well-defined responsibility and visualization may help improve the efficiency and continuity of software process management.

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Chen X., Sorenson P. and Willson J. (2007). A SYSTEM ON WEB-BASED CONTINUOUS SOFTWARE PROCESS ASSESSMENT (CONTINUOUS SPA) . In Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS, ISBN 978-972-8865-90-0, pages 529-532. DOI: 10.5220/0002367205290532


in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceis07,
author={Xian Chen and Paul Sorenson and John Willson},
title={A SYSTEM ON WEB-BASED CONTINUOUS SOFTWARE PROCESS ASSESSMENT (CONTINUOUS SPA)},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,},
year={2007},
pages={529-532},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002367205290532},
isbn={978-972-8865-90-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,
TI - A SYSTEM ON WEB-BASED CONTINUOUS SOFTWARE PROCESS ASSESSMENT (CONTINUOUS SPA)
SN - 978-972-8865-90-0
AU - Chen X.
AU - Sorenson P.
AU - Willson J.
PY - 2007
SP - 529
EP - 532
DO - 10.5220/0002367205290532