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- Andersson, Carina, et al.
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A Spiral Process Model for Case Studies on Software Quality Monitoring - Method and Metrics
- 2007
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Ingår i: Software Process Improvement and Practice. - 1077-4866. ; 12:2, s. 125-140
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article presents a spiral process model for an iterative case study on quality monitoring, conducted in an industrial environment. In a highly iterative project, everything seems to happen at the same time: analysis, design and testing. We propose a spiral process model for case studies, and present a study conducted according to the proposed process. In the study, metrics collected from three software development projects are analysed to investigate which characteristics are stable across projects and feature groups of the product. The contribution of the article is multi-fold, detailing the case study methodology used with its sub-goals and procedures. Furthermore, the article presents the metrics collected and the results as such from the case study, which gives insights into a complex development environment and the trends of the retrieved data. The analysed data serve as feedback to the project staff to facilitate identification of software process improvement. The data have also been used for defect prediction.
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- Nedstam, Josef, et al.
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Evolving strategies for software architecture and reuse
- 2007
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Ingår i: Software Process: Improvement and Practice. - : Wiley. - 1077-4866 .- 1099-1670. ; 12:3, s. 295-309
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- To achieve their business objectives, software developing companies employ different technical and managerial strategies concerning architecture and reuse. These strategies include component-based development, software platforms, product lines and highly configurable code bases. Frameworks for describing these strategies have recently emerged, presenting them in orders of increasing maturity, with researchers declaring specific architectural strategies to be more mature than others. Such frameworks can be useful in helping a company realize a particular architectural strategy but they do not provide guidelines concerning which architectural strategies are appropriate for companies in particular situations. Different companies have different needs - the business context and business goals of a company will determine which architectural strategy is most suitable for that company. There is no universally most mature strategy. In this article, we have studied architectural situations in thirteen companies in order to determine why and how these companies have moved between architectural strategies and how these relate to reuse and business goals and conditions. We present a framework for describing these and provide guidelines for companies about how to traverse the maze of architectural evolution.
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- Regev, Gil, et al.
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Defining business process flexibility with the help of invariants
- 2007
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Ingår i: Software Process. - : Wiley. - 1077-4866 .- 1099-1670. ; 12:1, s. 65-79
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Enterprise survival is about maintaining an identity that is separate from other enterprises. We define flexibility as the ability to change without losing identity. The identity of an enterprise can be analyzed as a set of norms and beliefs about these norms held by its stakeholders, such as customers, employees, suppliers, and investors. Business processes and their support systems maintain invariants that are the result of compromises between the often conflicting norms and beliefs of these stakeholders. We formalize these invariants as values in a state space. Identifying a minimum set of invariants provides a basis for defining flexible processes and support systems. We illustrate the use of this framework with production business process support (BPS) systems. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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