The Software Process: A Perspective on Improvement [PDF]
This paper describes a new software improvement approacch currently under development at the University of East Anglia. The two best known software approaches are summarized and used to explain why the new approach has been developed. Six organizations have been evaluated.
Helen E. Thomson, Pam J. Mayhew
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A lightweight inductive method for process assessment based on frequent feedback: A study in a micro software company [PDF]
Software process assessment is the most important phase in process improvement projects since it enables identification of all process issues that need to be improved.
Stojanov Željko+2 more
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Navigating Software Process Improvement Projects [PDF]
Software process improvement (SPI) is one of the most widely used approaches to innovate software organizations. In this study, we identify and compare two different tactics for SPI projects. The first tactic, the supertanker, is inspired by centralist thinking.
Aaen, Ivan+2 more
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CAPTURING SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS FOR BUSINESS PROCESS MODEL ANALYSIS AND IMPROVEMENT
This paper considers the problem of software requirements capturing for business process model evaluation and recommendations generation to suggest how detected modeling errors may be eliminated in order to improve business process model correctness ...
Andrii Mykhailovych Kopp+1 more
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PERANCANGAN SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT PADA ORGANISASI PENGEMBANG USAHA KECIL
Setiap organisasi pengembang perangkat lunak harus tumbuh dan memperbaiki diri, salah satunya adalah dengan melakukan process improvement, jika perusahaan tidak melakukan hal tersebut maka perusahaan tidak akan pernah belajar memanfaatkan pengalaman ...
Riza Alfita
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A hierarchy of SPI activities for software SMEs: results from ISO/IEC 12207-based SPI assessments [PDF]
In an assessment of software process improvement (SPI) in 15 software small- and –medium-sized enterprises (software SMEs), we applied the broad spectrum of software specific and system context processes in ISO/IEC 12207 to the task of examining SPI in ...
Clarke, Paul+2 more
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The unpredictably eruptive dynamics of spruce budworm populations in eastern Canada
We examine historical population data for spruce budworm from several locations through the period 1930–1997, and use density‐dependent recruitment curves to test whether the pattern of population growth over time is more consistent with Royama's (1984; Ecological Monographs 54:429–462) linear R(t) model of harmonic oscillation at Green River New ...
Barry J. Cooke, Jacques Régnière
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Implementing software process improvement initiatives: An empirical study [PDF]
In this paper we present findings from our empirical study of software process improvement (SPI) implementation. We aim to provide SPI practitioners with insight into designing appropriate SPI implementation initiatives in order to achieve better results.
Niazi, M, Wilson, D, Zowghi, D
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Identification of novel small molecule inhibitors of ETS transcription factors
ETS transcription factors play an essential role in tumourigenesis and are indispensable for sprouting angiogenesis, a hallmark of cancer, which fuels tumour expansion and dissemination. Thus, targeting ETS transcription factor function could represent an effective, multifaceted strategy to block tumour growth. The evolutionarily conserved E‐Twenty‐Six
Shaima Abdalla+9 more
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A multiprocess quality model: identification of of key processes in the integration approach [PDF]
In this paper we investigate the use of multiprocess quality model in the adoption of process improvement frameworks. We analyze an improvement effort based on multiple process quality models adoption.
Abd. Rahman, Aedah+2 more
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