Framework to evaluate software process improvement in small organizations
ICSP'08 Proceedings of the Software process, 2008 international conference on Making globally distributed software development a success story
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How are the process improvement outcomes related tothe targeted capability levels?The answer can serve as afeasible path forward for the improvement work in asoftware organization.This article provides guidance onwhat to include in the improvement effort at differentlevels of process capability.The reduction of prematuredocumentation and practices reveals the essential workproducts needed to support the achievement of the desiredcapability level.This results in increased effectiveness of the improvement process even in the very beginning of theimprovement work.The article opens up the processimprovement process by presenting the relevant workproducts for each capability level.The key outcome is astep-wise approach to process improvement workproducts to lower the threshold for initiating the softwareprocess improvement work.