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PEM: The small company-dedicated software process quality evaluation method combining CMMISM and ISO/IEC 14598

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Many small software organizations have recognized the need to improve their software product. Evaluating the software product alone seems insufficient since it is known that its quality is largely dependant on the process that is used to create it. Thus, small organizations are asking for evaluation of their software processes and products. The ISO/IEC 14598-5 standard is already used as a methodology basis for evaluating software products. This article explores how it can be combined with the CMMI to produce a methodology that can be tailored for process evaluation in order to improve their software processes.

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  1. Software Test Center, CRIM, 550, rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Bureau 100, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3A 1B9

    Sylvie Trudel

  2. Consultations Jean-Marc Lavoie Inc., 5815 Parnasse, Brossard, Québec, Canada, J4W 2C7

    Jean-Marc Lavoie

  3. Motorola Canada Software Center, 700 Wellington Street, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3C 3S4

    Marie-Claude Paré

  4. Département de génie logiciel et TI, École de technologie supérieure, 1100, rue Notre-Dame Ouest, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3C 1K3

    Witold Suryn

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Sylvie Trudel has over 20 years of experience in software. She worked for more than 10 years in development and implementation of management information systems and embedded real-time systems. Since 1996, she works as a process improvement specialist, implementing best practices into organizations processes from CMM and CMMI models. She performed several CMM and CMMI assessments and participated in many other CMM assessments such as CBA IPI, SCE, and other proprietary methods. She obtained a bachelors degree in computer science in 1986 from Laval University in Québec City and a Masters degree in Software Engineering at École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS) in Montréal. Sylvie is currently working as a software engineering advisor at the Centre de Recherche Informatique de Montréal (CRIM).

Jean-Marc Lavoie has been working in software development for over 10 years. He performed and published a comparative study between the guide to the SWEBOK and the CMMI in 2003. Jean-Marc obtained a bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering. He is pursuing a Masters degree in Software Engineering at École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS) in Montréal while working as a software architect at Trisotech.

Marie-Claude Pare has been working in software development for 7 years. Marie-Claude obtained a bachelor degree in Software Engineering from École Polytechnique in Montréal. She is pursuing a Masters degree in Software Engineering at École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS) in Montréal while working as a software engineer at Motorola GSG Canada.

Dr Witold Suryn is a Professor at the École de technologie supérieure, Montreal, Canada (engineering school of the Université du Québec network of institutions) where he teaches graduate and undergraduate software engineering courses and conducts research in the domain of software quality engineering, software engineering body of knowledge and software engineering fundamental principles. Dr Suryn is also the principal researcher and the director of GELOG : IQUAL, the Software Quality Engineering Research Group at École de technologie supérieure. From October 2003 Dr. Suryn holds the position of the International Secretary of ISO/IEC SC7 – System and Software Engineering.

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Trudel, S., Lavoie, JM., Paré, MC. et al. PEM: The small company-dedicated software process quality evaluation method combining CMMISM and ISO/IEC 14598. Software Qual J 14, 7–23 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11219-006-5997-8

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