In this article, we describe the results of CMMI software process appraisal work with six smallto medium-sized software development companies. Our analysis of six CMMI process areas appraised within each of these organisations is presented. Commonly practiced or not practiced elements of the model are identified, leading to the notion of perceived value associated with each specific CMMI practice. A finer-grained framework, which encompasses the notion of perceived value within specific practices, is presented. We argue that such a framework provides incentive to small-to medium-sized enterprises starting process improvement programmes.

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This paper describes a software process improvement (SPI) framework to ensure regulatory compliance for the software developed in medical devices. The software framework introduced here (known as MedeSPI-Medical Devices Software Process Improvement) will address an opportunity to integrate the regulatory issues and process improvement mechanisms in order to achieve improved software processes.

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