1. In This Issue

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 6

2. Software Process Improvement Problems in Twelve Software Companies: An Empirical Analysis

   • Sarah Beecham
   • Tracy Hall
   • Austen Rainer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 42

3. Techniques of Successful Application of Factor Analysis in Software Measurement

   • Nadine Hanebutte
   • Carol S. Taylor
   • Reiner R. Dumke

   OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 57

4. Designing and Conducting an Empirical Study on Test Management Automation

   • Griselda Giraudo
   • Paolo Tonella

   OriginalPaper Pages: 59 - 81

5. An Empirically-Based Process for Software Architecture Evaluation

   • Mikael Lindvall
   • Roseanne Tesoriero Tvedt
   • Patricia Costa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 83 - 108