Measuring and comparing the adoption of software process practices in the software product industry

  • Authors:

  • Mikko Rönkkö;Antero Järvi;Markus M. Mäkelä

  • Affiliations:

  • University of Turku, Department of Information Technology, Turun yliopisto, Finland and Helsinki University of Technology, Software Business Laboratory, TKK, Finland;Helsinki University of Technology, Software Business Laboratory, TKK, Finland;Helsinki University of Technology, Software Business Laboratory, TKK, Finland

  • Venue:
  • ICSP'08 Proceedings of the Software process, 2008 international conference on Making globally distributed software development a success story
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Compatibility of agile methods and CMMI have been of interest forthe software engineering community, but empirical evidence beyond case studiesis scarce, which be attributed to the lack of validated measurement scales forsurvey studies. In this study, we construct and validate a set of Rasch scales formeasuring process maturity and use of agile methods. Using survey data from86 small and medium-sized software product firms, we find that the use of agilemethods and the maturity level of the firm are complementary in this sample. Inaddition to providing initial survey evidence of the compatibility of agile methodsand process maturity, our study provides a set of validated scales that canbe further refined and used in later survey studies.