An Empirical Study of Software Process in Practice

conference paper
conference paper
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Proceedings of the 38th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

p. 315c
https://doi.org/10.1109/hicss.2005.86

Abstract

In adopting a software process model, many small software companies are ignoring standard process models and models for process improvement. This study uses an empirical approach to investigate what processes software companies are using on a day-to-day basis and examines why these companies are rejecting "best practice" approaches.

Keywords

CAPABILITY MATURITY MODEL
SOFTWARE STANDARDS
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
ISO STANDARDS
PROGRAMMING
MATHEMATICS
ELECTRONIC MAIL
APPRAISAL
COMPUTER INDUSTRY
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT

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