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International Conference on Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination

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Evaluation Model of PRO2PI-WORK4E Method for Teaching Software Process Improvement

Part of the Communications in Computer and Information Science book series (CCIS,volume 770)

Abstract

Methods to guide introduction to Software Process Improvement (SPI) courses to potentiate “learning SPI by doing SPI” and their systematic evaluations are relevant to both practice and research. An evaluation model for an educational method to teach SPI was developed. This model is based on a model for the evaluation of educational games. The developed model is composed of model design; evaluation process, objective and questionnaire; documentation model, data compilation and analysis model and spreadsheet; and example of use. The model was used to evaluate a course. Results of this evaluation provide initial validation of this model and also indicate that the evaluated method is effective in potentiate “learning SPI by doing SPI”.

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  • Software process improvement
  • Teaching SPI
  • Evaluation model

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The author thanks the students of the mentioned course for participating in the SPI learning process and for answering the evaluation questionnaire, the authors of MEEGA model for providing reference to EM4E model, and the reviewers of SPICE 2017 for providing useful comments.

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    Clenio F. Salviano

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  1. University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Spain

    Antonia Mas

  2. University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Baleares, Spain

    Antoni Mesquida

  3. Dublin University, Dublin, Ireland

    Prof. Dr. Rory V. O'Connor

  4. Software Quality Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Terry Rout

  5. Impronova AB, Askim, Sweden

    Alec Dorling

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Salviano, C.F. (2017). Evaluation Model of PRO2PI-WORK4E Method for Teaching Software Process Improvement. In: Mas, A., Mesquida, A., O'Connor, R., Rout, T., Dorling, A. (eds) Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination. SPICE 2017. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 770. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67383-7_37

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