{"title":"PRISMS: an approach to software process improvement for small to medium enterprises","authors":"P. Allen, M. Ramachandran, H. Abushama","doi":"10.1109/QSIC.2003.1319105","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The paper describes an ongoing project to define a suitable process model for software process improvement in small to medium organizations. This is being carried out as a collaborative project between Leeds Metropolitan University and four small to medium companies who are currently implementing SP1 programs. Key features of the PRISMS process are: explicitly relating improvement goals to business goals, which are used to choose and prioritize key process areas for improvement; the use of a simplified and tailorable assessment method based on CMM (Paulk et al., 1995); the definition and use of metrics from the outset; and mechanisms to encourage maximum transparency in the process and participation by all stakeholders.","PeriodicalId":145980,"journal":{"name":"Third International Conference on Quality Software, 2003. Proceedings.","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2003-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"52","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Third International Conference on Quality Software, 2003. Proceedings.","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QSIC.2003.1319105","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 52
Abstract
The paper describes an ongoing project to define a suitable process model for software process improvement in small to medium organizations. This is being carried out as a collaborative project between Leeds Metropolitan University and four small to medium companies who are currently implementing SP1 programs. Key features of the PRISMS process are: explicitly relating improvement goals to business goals, which are used to choose and prioritize key process areas for improvement; the use of a simplified and tailorable assessment method based on CMM (Paulk et al., 1995); the definition and use of metrics from the outset; and mechanisms to encourage maximum transparency in the process and participation by all stakeholders.
本文描述了一个正在进行的项目,为中小型组织的软件过程改进定义一个合适的过程模型。这是利兹城市大学和目前正在实施SP1程序的四家中小型公司之间的合作项目。prism过程的主要特征是:明确地将改进目标与业务目标联系起来,用于选择和确定改进的关键过程域的优先级;使用基于CMM的简化和可定制的评估方法(Paulk et al., 1995);从一开始就定义和使用指标;以及鼓励进程最大程度透明度和所有利益攸关方参与的机制。