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This paper presents a practical procedure named P4SPI for planning, monitoring and closing an SPI. Planning activities are performed using PMBOK’s process areas as a reference; monitoring activities using Six Sigma tools and techniques and closing activities using gathering qualitative and quantitative information about the SPI Implementation. These activities are supported by office templates.
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Landaeta, J.F., García, J., Amescua, A. (2008). Practical SPI Planning. In: O’Connor, R.V., Baddoo, N., Smolander, K., Messnarz, R. (eds) Software Process Improvement. EuroSPI 2008. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 16. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85936-9_8
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