A Multi-case Study Analysis of Software Process Improvement in Very Small Companies Using ISO/IEC 29110

Laporte, Claude Y.; O’Connor, Rory V.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-44817-6_3

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“…This was followed by an influx of research that also organised practice in the areas covered by the framework/standard. This is evidenced in literature with success factors with the VSE [72], [102], [117], [127] in which software development has become successful for general software and game development in different places, including Canada, Peru, Mexico and Finland.…”

Section: A How Has Software Practice In Small Software Companies Utilised the Software Engineering Knowledge Areas In The Iso/iec Tr 1975mentioning

confidence: 93%

Software Engineering in Small Software Companies: Consolidating and Integrating Empirical Literature Into a Process Tool Adoption Framework

Tuape¹,

Hasheela-Mufeti

Kayanda

et al. 2021

IEEE Access

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Small software companies face numerous challenges of complexity, unstructured software development processes and scarce resources. This notwithstanding, the companies have dominated the software market by 80 percent. The practice and products of these companies are still persistently marred by quality issues arising from the processes, with evidence indicating that process tools do not fit the unique contexts in which they operate. Significant strides have been made in transforming software development practice; however, the challenges are still evidently apparent. Hence the need to establish how knowledge areas are applied in process practice, understand the context of software development and its implication in practice, how process tools are utilised in practice and evaluate quality of research in software literature The researchers undertook a systematic mapping study to determine the state of practice in empirical literature on software engineering of SSCs by examining and classifying 1096 publications. Other than the finding that research quality was low and affecting generalisation and transferability, the results also revealed interesting findings which we finally consolidated and integrated to develop two contributions (i) a software development process adoption theoretical framework which provides new insights of understanding software development and (ii) a 3-point guideline for research quality.

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Section: A How Has Software Practice In Small Software Companies Utilised the Software Engineering Knowledge Areas In The Iso/iec Tr 1975mentioning

confidence: 93%

Software Engineering in Small Software Companies: Consolidating and Integrating Empirical Literature Into a Process Tool Adoption Framework

Tuape¹,

Hasheela-Mufeti

Kayanda

et al. 2021

IEEE Access

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“…Laporte and O'Connor in [14] reported seven success cases implementing ISO/IEC 29110 in different countries: (i) an IT start- [13] up from Peru, where the utilisation of the basic profile, using an agile approach, guided the start-up throughout all development phases. The start-up had a percentage of rework of 18% similar to organisations with a maturity level 2 of the software CMM.…”

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“…the performance of workshops and specific courses. [14] web platform for insurance project increase from 4 to 23 IT start-up with location in Canada and Tunisia [14] smart city project 20 (18 in Tunisia) a development team in an IT start-up from Canada [14] web application for collaborate, share and plan trips increase from 2 to 15 a software team in a large Canadian financial institution's IT division [14] tools for traders 6 a software development team in a large Canadian automotive domain [14] embedded software to control power trains 14…”

Section: Strategy To Deploy the Iso/iec 29110 At Zacatecas Regionmentioning

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“…IT division of a large Canadian transportation enterprise [14] web apps 11 a division of large American engineering company [14] redefine and improve its project management process for their small-scale and medium-scale projects depending on the project type:small:1medium: >1large: many VSE from France [15] counting systems about the frequenting of natural spaces and public sites…”

Section: Strategy To Deploy the Iso/iec 29110 At Zacatecas Regionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is important to mention that in a previous work of the authors of this paper [17], there were listed 11 VSEs that have implemented ISO/IEC 29110, but they are not included in this section because the paper presents just a summary of the VSEs. Besides, nine of them are the same as the included in [14] and the four from Mexico are described briefly and they will be analysed in detail in this paper.…”

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Very small entities (VSEs) of software development have had a significant demand and economic impact in recent years, because most of them are the software producers for medium and big companies in order to satisfy the growing demand of software. In this context, it is important to ensure that they produce quality software to successfully meet the market needs. This task relies on having the knowledge and the experience to implement proven practices, which are contained in quality models and standards, to be able to develop quality software, while increasing their productivity and keeping or reducing their costs. A description of the implementation of ISO/IEC 29110 in Mexico, specifically at Zacatecas State is presented. This implementation was done as a strategy to increase the competitiveness of them. The study includes both, the strategy established to deploy the knowledge and the method followed to implement the ISO/IEC 29110 in four VSEs that uses scrum methodology as agile approach. The results show that the implementation of ISO/IEC 29110 was easy and with a high acceptance due to the benefits detected in the reinforcement of the VSEs' processes without changing the way they work and solving their problems.

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A Multi-case Study Analysis of Software Process Improvement in Very Small Companies Using ISO/IEC 29110

Cited by 12 publications

References 35 publications

Software Engineering in Small Software Companies: Consolidating and Integrating Empirical Literature Into a Process Tool Adoption Framework

Software Engineering in Small Software Companies: Consolidating and Integrating Empirical Literature Into a Process Tool Adoption Framework

Implementing ISO/IEC 29110 to reinforce four very small entities of Mexico under an agile approach

A guidance to implement or reinforce a DevOps approach in organizations: A case study

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