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Evolving PRO2PI Methodology Considering Recent Challenges and Changes in the SPI Context

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Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination (SPICE 2018)

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The requirements for process measurement frameworks defined in ISO/IEC 33003 introduced relevance challenges and changes in Software Process Improvement (SPI) research and practical context. In addition, other five challenges and changes are identified. They are having specific practices for capability evolution, doing SPI with agility and more, having reference models for innovation, doing SPI education, and the need of a theory of SPI. Hence, comprehensive methodologies for SPI should be analyzed and evolved to consider this new SPI context. PRO2PI Methodology (Process Capability/Modeling Profile for Process Improvement), as an example of a methodology for SPI, is analyzed in face of its current utilization and how it stands in terms of these identified recent challenges and changes in SPI context. Then the design of PRO2PI evolution to consider this new SPI context is commented.

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Salviano, C.F. (2018). Evolving PRO2PI Methodology Considering Recent Challenges and Changes in the SPI Context. In: Stamelos, I., O'Connor, R., Rout, T., Dorling, A. (eds) Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination. SPICE 2018. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 918. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00623-5_7

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