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Simple Indicators for Tracking Software Process Improvement Progress

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNPSE,volume 4257))

Abstract

We know from the software process improvement (SPI) literature that new technologies are often acquired, but not deployed. Fichmand and Kemerer call this phenomenon the assimilation gap. Important prerequisites to SPI success are SPI implementation success and SPI initiative progress. This study presents four simple and practical indicators for SPI initiatives to stay focused on deployment and facilitate SPI initiative progress. These practical indicators are easy to gather, manage and evaluate and they provide an organization with useful information to determine the progress of an SPI initiative. The indicators focus on competence build-up, employee capabilities, process adoption and management commitment. The result shows there are simple and practical indicators for tracking and follow-up SPI initiatives’ progress to stay focused on deployment and decrease the assimilation gap.

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  1. Ericsson AB and IT University of Gothenburg, Lindholmspiren 11, 417 56, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Anna Börjesson

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  1. Lero – the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre, University of Limerick, Ireland

    Ita Richardson

  2. Dept. of Communication Systems, Lund University, SE-221 00, LUND, Sweden

    Per Runeson

  3. EuroSPI, c/o ISCN LTD, Bray, Co., Wicklow, Ireland

    Richard Messnarz

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Börjesson, A. (2006). Simple Indicators for Tracking Software Process Improvement Progress. In: Richardson, I., Runeson, P., Messnarz, R. (eds) Software Process Improvement. EuroSPI 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4257. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11908562_8

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