Product-Focused Software Process Improvement: 9th International Conference, PROFES 2008 Monte Porzio Catone, Italy, June 23-25, 2008 Proceedings

Front Matter....Pages -
Software Testing Forever: Old and New Processes and Techniques for Validating Today’s Applications....Pages 1-1
Culture of Error Management “Why Admit an Error When No One Will Find Out?”....Pages 2-2
Supporting Experience and Information Flow in Software Projects....Pages 3-3
Goal-Oriented Setup and Usage of Custom-Tailored Software Cockpits....Pages 4-18
MIS-PyME Software Measurement Maturity Model-Supporting the Definition of Software Measurement Programs....Pages 19-33
Predicting Software Metrics at Design Time....Pages 34-44
A Metrics Suite for Measuring Quality Characteristics of JavaBeans Components....Pages 45-60
Software Cost Estimation Inhibitors - A Case Study....Pages 61-74
Impact of Base Functional Component Types on Software Functional Size Based Effort Estimation....Pages 75-89
Managing Uncertainty in ERP Project Estimation Practice: An Industrial Case Study....Pages 90-104
The Effect of Entity Generalization on Software Functional Sizing: A Case Study....Pages 105-116
Towards a Capability Model for the Software Release Planning Process — Based on a Multiple Industrial Case Study....Pages 117-132
From CMMI to SPICE – Experiences on How to Survive a SPICE Assessment Having Already Implemented CMMI....Pages 133-142
A Model for Requirements Change Management: Implementation of CMMI Level 2 Specific Practice....Pages 143-157
Experience Report on the Effect of Software Development Characteristics on Change Distribution....Pages 158-173
Virtual Prototypes in Developing Mobile Software Applications and Devices....Pages 174-188
Comparing Assessment Methodologies for Free/Open Source Software: OpenBRR and QSOS....Pages 189-203
Predicting Software Fault Proneness Model Using Neural Network....Pages 204-214
Automating the Measurement of Functional Size of Conceptual Models in an MDA Environment....Pages 215-229
How Does a Measurement Programme Evolve in Software Organizations?....Pages 230-243
A Fault Prediction Model with Limited Fault Data to Improve Test Process....Pages 244-257
Big Improvements with Small Changes: Improving the Processes of a Small Software Company....Pages 258-272
Software Process Improvement Methodologies for Small and Medium Enterprises....Pages 273-288
An Empirical Study on Software Engineering Knowledge/Experience Packages....Pages 289-303
Customized Predictive Models for Process Improvement Projects....Pages 304-316
Improving Customer Support Processes: A Case Study....Pages 317-329
Influential Factors on Incident Management: Lessons Learned from a Large Sample of Products in Operation....Pages 330-344
Pitfalls in Remote Team Coordination: Lessons Learned from a Case Study....Pages 345-359
A Model to Identify Refactoring Effort during Maintenance by Mining Source Code Repositories....Pages 360-370
The Application of ISO 9001 to Agile Software Development....Pages 371-385
Study of the Evolution of an Agile Project Featuring a Web Application Using Software Metrics....Pages 386-399
Identifying and Understanding Architectural Risks in Software Evolution: An Empirical Study....Pages 400-414
A Hands-On Approach for Teaching Systematic Review....Pages 415-426
An Empirical Study Identifying High Perceived Value Practices of CMMI Level 2....Pages 427-441
2 nd International Workshop on Measurement-Based Cockpits for Distributed Software and Systems Engineering Projects (SOFTPIT 2008)....Pages 442-442
10th International Workshop on: Learning Software Organizations –Methods, Tools, and Experiences–....Pages 443-443
Implementing Product Line Engineering in Industry: Feedback from the Field to Research....Pages 444-444
What to Learn from Different Standards and Measurement Approaches? Is a Pragmatic Integrative Approach Possible?....Pages 445-445
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