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- Karvonen, Teemu, et al.
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Hitting the Target : Practices for Moving Toward Innovation Experiment Systems
- 2015
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Ingår i: Software Business. - Cham : Springer. ; 210, s. 117-131
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The benefits and barriers that software development companies face when moving beyond agile development practices are identified in a multiple-case study in five Finnish companies. The practices that companies need to adopt when moving towards innovation experiment systems are recognised. The background of the study is the Stairway to Heaven (StH) model that describes the path that many software development companies take when advancing their development practices. The development practices in each case are investigated and analysed in relation to the StH model. At first the results of the analysis strengthened the validity of the StH model as a path taken by software development companies to advance their development practices. Based on the findings, the StH model was extended with a set of additional practices and their adoption levels for each step of the model. The extended model was validated in five case companies.
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- Linåker, Johan, et al.
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On infrastructure for facilitation of inner source in small development teams
- 2014
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Ingår i: Product-Focused Software Process Improvement : 15th International Conference, PROFES 2014, Helsinki, Finland, December 10-12, 2014. Proceedings - 15th International Conference, PROFES 2014, Helsinki, Finland, December 10-12, 2014. Proceedings. - Cham : Springer International Publishing. - 1611-3349 .- 0302-9743. - 9783319138343 - 9783319138350 ; 8892, s. 149-163
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The phenomenon of adopting open source software development practices in a corporate environment is known by many names, one being inner source. The objective of this study is to investigate how an organization consisting of small development teams can benet from adopting inner source and assess the level of applicability. The research has been conducted as a case study at a software development company. Data collection was carried out through interviews and a series of focus group meetings, and then analyzed by mapping it to an available framework. The analysis shows that the organization possesses potential, and also identied a number of challenges and benets of special importance to the case company. To address these challenges, the case study synthesized the organizational and infrastructural needs of the organization in a requirements specication describing a technical infrastructure, also known as a software forge, with an adapted organizational context and work process.
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- Lwakatare, Lucy Ellen, et al.
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Towards DevOps in the Embedded Systems Domain : Why is It so Hard?
- 2016
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Ingår i: 2016 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS). - : IEEE. ; 2016-March, s. 5437-5446
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- DevOps is a predominant phenomenon in the web domain. Its two core principles emphasize collaboration between software development and operations, and the use of agile principles to manage deployment environments and their configurations. DevOps techniques, such as collaboration and behaviour-driven monitoring, have been used by web companies to facilitate continuous deployment of new functionality to customers. The techniques may also offer opportunities for continuous product improvement when adopted in the embedded systems domain. However, certain characteristics of embedded software development present obstacles for DevOps adoption, and as yet, there is no empirical evidence of its adoption in the embedded systems domain. In this study, we present the challenges for DevOps adoption in embedded systems using a multiple-case study approach with four companies. The contribution of this paper is to introduce the concept of DevOps adoption in the embedded systems domain and then to identify key challenges for the DevOps adoption.
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- Sauvola, Tanja, et al.
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Towards Customer-Centric Software Development : A Multiple-Case Study
- 2015
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Ingår i: Proceedings 41st Euromicro Conference On Software Engineering and advanced applications Seaa 2015. - : IEEE. - 9781467375856 ; , s. 9-17
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Customer involvement in software development is essential for building successful software products. Incremental improvements and enhancements of software require an in-depth and continuous understanding of customer needs. Also, mechanisms for managing customer feedback data need to be in place. However, previous research shows that the feedback loops from customers are slow and the process for obtaining timely feedback is challenging. In this study, we investigate customer feedback mechanisms and the ways in which customer data can be used to inform continuous improvement of software products. The contribution of this paper is twofold. First, we present a multiplecase study conducted in five Finnish software companies, where we identify how customer feedback data is collected and used in different product development activities. Second, we provide an explanatory 'customer touchpoint' (CTP) model which provides an overall understanding of customer feedback data collection and the related challenges in the case companies during software development.
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