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A framework for software process deployment and evaluation

Authors:

Iván Ruiz-Rube,

Juan Manuel Dodero,

Ricardo Colomo-PalaciosAuthors Info & Claims

Information and Software Technology, Volume 59, Issue C

Pages 205 - 221

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2014.12.001

Published: 01 March 2015 Publication History

Abstract

ContextSoftware Process Engineering promotes the systematic production of software by following a set of well-defined technical and management processes. A comprehensive management of these processes involves the accomplishment of a number of activities such as model design, verification, validation, deployment and evaluation. However, the deployment and evaluation activities need more research efforts in order to achieve greater automation. ObjectiveWith the aim of minimizing the required time to adapt the tools at the beginning of each new project and reducing the complexity of the construction of mechanisms for automated evaluation, the Software Process Deployment & Evaluation Framework (SPDEF) has been elaborated and is described in this paper. MethodThe proposed framework is based on the application of well-known techniques in Software Engineering, such as Model Driven Engineering and Information Integration through Linked Open Data. It comprises a systematic method for the deployment and evaluation, a number of models and relationships between models, and some software tools. ResultsAutomated deployment of the OpenUP methodology is tested through the application of the SPDEF framework and support tools to enable the automated quality assessment of software development or maintenance projects. ConclusionsMaking use of the method and the software components developed in the context of the proposed framework, the alignment between the definition of the processes and the supporting tools is improved, while the existing complexity is reduced when it comes to automating the quality evaluation of software processes.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s11219-015-9282-6

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Vera-Baquero AColomo-Palacios RMolloy O(2016)Real-time business activity monitoring and analysis of process performance on big-data domainsTelematics and Informatics10.1016/j.tele.2015.12.00533:3(793-807)Online publication date: 1-Aug-2016
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.tele.2015.12.005
Sánchez-Gordón MO'connor R(2016)Understanding the gap between software process practices and actual practice in very small companiesSoftware Quality Journal10.1007/s11219-015-9282-624:3(549-570)Online publication date: 1-Sep-2016
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s11219-015-9282-6

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