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In order to keep pace with competitors in the ever accelerating business world, software organizations have to continuously improve their products and processes. However, SMEs typically do not have the time to invest in costly training programs and test the newest technology on their own. Most of the time they need support for their daily work processes, which often employ agile methods. In this paper, we exemplify how SE repositories can be employed to support such settings. A taxonomy for the content of such SE repository systems is given. Based on this taxonomy, we describe the internal repository structure of Germany’s ViSEK portal: A portal implemented for offering up-to-date SE knowledge to support SMEs in their daily work.
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Feldmann, R.L., Pizka, M. (2003). An On-Line Software Engineering Repository for Germany’s SME – An Experience Report. In: Henninger, S., Maurer, F. (eds) Advances in Learning Software Organizations. LSO 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2640. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-40052-3_5
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