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Improving software process improvement

IEEE Software, 2002
Two dichotomies characterize software process improvement efforts and approaches: disciplined versus creative work and procurer risks versus user satisfaction. Based on these perspectives, the authors introduce six theses to illuminate the problems of pursuing SPI.
R. Conradi, FUGGETTA, ALFONSO
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Improving the process of improvement

Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, 2018
In a rapidly-changing world, society and enterprises alike are dizzy with the speed of change. This necessitates not only speeding the pace of needed change, but improving the process and targets o...
Snyder, Ken, Edgeman, Rick
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Improve by improving software process improvers

International Journal of Business Information Systems, 2006
With business environments constantly changing, organisations and individuals must execute and learn in parallel to ensure they can solve today's problems and plan for tomorrow's. This action research explores how action learning can improve Software Process Improvement (SPI) success by 'improving the improvers'.
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BUSINESS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT. IMPROVEMENT OF INTERNAL CERTIFICATION PROCESSES

Journal of Engineering, Management and Information Technology, 2023
The purpose of this paper is to expose the processes which are important to run into the organizations. Consumers around the world increasingly demand products and services that are simultaneously good for the economy, for the environment, and for society — the triple bottom line of sustainable growth.
Marjetka Kastner, Mirjana Ivanuša Bezjak, Mojca Babuder   +2 more
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Process improvement in the classroom

1995
Software Quality Assurance and Process Improvement are subjects that are difficult to teach in a software engineering course. Students rarely gain an in-depth understanding of the concepts and ideas inherent in process assessment, let alone practical experience with improving software processes. This paper describes a process assessment and improvement
Melody M. Moore, Terence J. Brennan
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Process improvement in surgery

Current Problems in Surgery, 2016
Process improvement in surgery Christina A. Minami, MD, Catherine R. Sheils, BA, Karl Y. Bilimoria, MD, MS, Julie K. Johnson, PhD, Elizabeth R. Berger, MD, Julia R. Berian, MD, Michael J. Englesbe, MD, Oscar D. Guillamondegui, MD, FACS, Leonard H. Hines, MD, FACS, Joseph B. Cofer, MD, FACS, David R. Flum, MD, MPH, Richard C.
Christina A, Minami, Catherine R, Sheils, Karl Y, Bilimoria, Julie K, Johnson, Elizabeth R, Berger, Julia R, Berian, Michael J, Englesbe, Oscar D, Guillamondegui, Leonard H, Hines, Joseph B, Cofer, David R, Flum, Richard C, Thirlby, Hadiza S, Kazaure, Sherry M, Wren, Kevin J, O'Leary, Jessica L, Thurk, Gregory D, Kennedy, Sarah E, Tevis, Anthony D, Yang   +18 more
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Improving the Siting Process

1983
The descriptive material presented on the four case studies illustrates how different interested parties form strategies and present arguments to defend their positions regarding the siting of technological facilities. This chapter has a prescriptive flavor by focusing on ways to improve both the decision process and the resulting outcomes.
Kunreuther, H.C., Linnerooth-Bayer, J., Lathrop, J., Atz, H., Macgill, S., Mandl, C., Schwarz, M., Thompson, M.   +7 more
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Process improvement through process modelling

Journal of Systems and Software, 1997
This paper reports a process improvement experiment in a space on-board project through the adoption of process modelling technology and the use of Process-Weaver is a process enactment tool.
P. Coppola, P. Panaroni
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A Process for Driving Process Improvement in VSEs

2009
A success factor in Software Process Improvement -SPI- in very small enterprises -VSEs- is that improvement effort must be guided and managed by means of specific process. Nonetheless, many proposals related to this issue have not considered that type of process explicitly.
Francisco J. Pino, Julio Ariel Hurtado Alegria, Juan Carlos Vidal, Félix García 0001, Mario Piattini   +4 more
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Experience Driven Process Improvement

2011
The importance of process improvement and the role that best practice reference models play in the achievement of process improvement are both well recognized. Best practice reference models are generally created by experts in the domain who are external to the organization.
Mukhammad Andri Setiawan, Shazia Sadiq
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