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A Detailed Software Process Improvement Methodology: BG-SPI

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Systems, Software and Service Process Improvement (EuroSPI 2011)

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Software Process Improvement (SPI) methodology is defined as definitions of sequence of tasks, tools and techniques to be performed to plan and implement improvement activities. Well-known SPI frameworks like CMMI and ISO/IEC 15504 define SPI methodologies in an abstract manner. We developed an SPI methodology, BG-SPI, providing a ready-to-use SPI scheme with guidance on an iterative SPI lifecycle, composed of task definitions with details on resources, tools, roles, participation of groups, process assets, and other process specific supporting items. Utilizing BG-SPI with support of SPI experts, organizations can easily plan and manage SPI lifecycle. BG-SPI methodology is applied over 10 organizations with different size, sectors and SPI motivations. This paper explains BG-SPI and provide insight on how a detailed SPI methodology helps the SPI projects in various aspects.

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  1. Informatics Institute, Middle East Technical University, 06531, Ankara, Turkey

    Banu Aysolmaz & Onur Demirörs

  2. Bilgi Group Ltd., Middle East Technical University Technopolis, 06531, Ankara, Turkey

    Banu Aysolmaz & Onur Demirörs

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  1. Lero, The Irish Software Engineering Research Centre, School of Computing, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland

    Rory V. O‘Connor

  2. Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark

    Jan Pries-Heje

  3. ISCN Ltd., Graz, Austria

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Aysolmaz, B., Demirörs, O. (2011). A Detailed Software Process Improvement Methodology: BG-SPI. In: O‘Connor, R.V., Pries-Heje, J., Messnarz, R. (eds) Systems, Software and Service Process Improvement. EuroSPI 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 172. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22206-1_9

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