PRISMS: an Approach to Software Process Improvement for Small to Medium Enterprises

  • Authors:

  • Pat Allen;Muthu Ramachandran;Hisham Abushama

  • Affiliations:

  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • QSIC '03 Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Quality Software
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

The paper describes an ongoing project to define asuitable process model for software process improvementin small to medium organizations. This is being carriedout as a collaborative project between Leeds MetropolitanUniversity and four small to medium companies who arecurrently implementing SPI programs. Key features of thePRISMS process are: explicitly relating improvementgoals to business goals, which are used to choose andprioritize key process areas for improvement; the use of asimplified and tailorable assessment method based onCMM [1]; the definition and use of metrics from theoutset; and mechanisms to encourage maximumtransparency in the process and participation by allstakeholders.