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When business units decide to initiate an experience-based process improvement, they often assign very limited funding and resources. In such a situation, selecting an appropriate set of initial improvement activities becomes a crucial success factor. We have identified activities that provide not only immediate benefit at reasonable cost – they also probe the process as a by-product. Active probes are portrayed in a case study and recommended where little resources must pay for both immediate improvement, and for long-term experience exploitation.
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Schneider, K. (2000). Active Probes Synergy in Experience-Based Process Improvement. In: Bomarius, F., Oivo, M. (eds) Product Focused Software Process Improvement. PROFES 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1840. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45051-1_5
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