Application of GQM+Strategies® in the Japanese Space Industry

Abstract

Fraunhofer IESE is an institute of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft. The institute transfers innovative software development techniques, methods and tools into industrial practice, assists companies in building software competencies customized to their needs, and helps them to establish a competitive market position.

Exhaustive and Efficient Identification of Rationales Using GQM+Strategies with Stakeholder Relationship Analysis

“…The GQM+Strategies approach extends the goal /question /metric paradigm [6], [7], which is a goal oriented approach. Previous research has proposed various approaches to execute a goal-oriented approach.…”

“…One approach to resolve this issue is GQM+Strategies R [5], [6], which aligns and assesses the business goals at each level to the overall strategies and goals of the organization * * . Many companies worldwide (e.g., the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency [7], the global oil and gas industry [8], and non-software development domains such as the military training domain [9]) have applied GQM+Strategies for measurement-based IT-business alignment.…”

Organizing institutions

“…GQM [Basili, Caldiera and Rombach 1994], in turn, is an approach for evaluating the fulfillment of enterprise's goals. It is a well established and widely used approach [Boyd 2005] [Kaneko et al 2011]. By being complementary, ArchiMate ME and GQM can be adopted in tandem as a way to define a more comprehensive goal-oriented framework.…”

Cómo Guiar a las Pymes en la Mejora de Procesos Software

“…En este contexto, las organizaciones de desarrollo de software tanto grandes como pequeñas se han dado cuenta de la necesidad de utilizar medidas para crear repositorios de información que puedan ser usados para entender, controlar, mejorar, evaluar y lograr cumplir con diferentes aspectos dentro del ciclo de vida de su proceso de desarrollo, como presupuesto, calidad y tiempo (Fenton & Pfleeger, 1998); El cumplimiento de estos aspectos debe influir directamente en los objetivos que busca la organización. La alineación entre las metas de la organización y las actividades que se realizan dentro de los procesos de la organización, son de gran importancia para mejorar el rendimiento y cumplimiento de los objetivos de negocio (Kaneko, Katahira, Miyamoto, & Kowalczyk, 2011).…”