A Strategy for Software Measurement and Evaluation of Measurement Bases for Statistical Control of Software Processes in High Maturity Organizations
Abstract
Software organizations have increased their interest on software process improvement (SPI). In high maturity levels, SPI involves implementing statistical process control (SPC), which requires measures and data that are suitable for this context. However, this has been pointed in the literature as one of the main obstacles for a successful implementation of SPC in SPI efforts. This paper presents a strategy, proposed in a doctorate thesis, to support organizations to obtain and maintain measurement repository suitable for SPC, as well as to perform measurements appropriately in this context.
Keywords:
Software Measurement, Measurement Bases, Statistical Control
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CHRISSIS, M. B., KONRAD, M., SHRUM, S. (2006) "CMMI (Second Edition): Guidelines for Process Integration and Product Improvement", Addison-Wesley.
DALMORO, R., 2008, "Avaliação e Melhoria de Processos de Software: Conceituação e Definição de um Processo para Apoiar a sua Automatização", Dissertação de Mestrado, Departamento de Informática, Centro Tecnológico, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória – Brasil.
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GUIZZARDI, G., FALBO, R. A., GUIZZARD, R. S. S. (2008) "Grounding Software Domain Ontologies in the Unified Foundational Ontology (UFO): The case of the ODE Software Process Ontology", In Proceedings of the XI Iberoamerican Workshop on Requirements Engineering and Software Environments, Recife - Brasil.
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Published
2010-06-07
How to Cite
BARCELLOS, Monalessa Perini; ROCHA, Ana Regina; FALBO, Ricardo de Almeida.
A Strategy for Software Measurement and Evaluation of Measurement Bases for Statistical Control of Software Processes in High Maturity Organizations. In: BRAZILIAN SOFTWARE QUALITY SYMPOSIUM (SBQS), 9. , 2010, Belém.
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Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação,
2010
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p. 409-423.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbqs.2010.15450.
