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Strategic alignment of software process improvement programs using QFD

Authors:

André Luiz Becker,

Rafael Prikladnicki,

Jorge Luis Nicolas AudyAuthors Info & Claims

BiPi '08: Proceedings of the 1st international workshop on Business impact of process improvements

Pages 9 - 14

https://doi.org/10.1145/1370837.1370840

Published: 13 May 2008 Publication History

Abstract

Software process improvement programs increase the competitiveness of software development organizations. But a critical success factor in this context is the proper alignment between the strategy of such programs and the organization's business strategy. In this paper, we discuss how Quality Function Deployment can be used as a technique to align strategic goals and software process within an organization, presenting results of its application in a small company in Brazil.

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Strategic alignment of software process improvement programs using QFD
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Management of computing and information systems
      1. Implementation management
        Pricing and resource allocation
      2. Project and people management
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software development process management

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DOI:10.1145/1370837

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