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Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination

16th International Conference, SPICE 2016, Dublin, Ireland, June 9-10, 2016, Proceedings

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Table of contents (34 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
  2. SPI in Regulated and Safety Critical Domains

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Deriving Safety Case Fragments for Assessing MBASafe’s Compliance with EN 50128

      • Barbara Gallina, Elena Gómez-Martínez, Clara Benac Earle
      Pages 3-16
    3. Safety Critical Software Development – Extending Quality Management System Practices to Achieve Compliance with Regulatory Requirements

      • Andrzej Beniamin Bujok, Silvana Togneri MacMahon, Fergal McCaffery, Dick Whelan, Bernard Mulcahy, William J. Rickard
      Pages 17-30
  3. Gamification and Education Issues in SPI

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57
    2. Towards a Manifesto for Software Process Education, Training and Professionalism

      • Jørn Johansen, Ricardo Colomo-Palacios, Rory V. O’Connor
      Pages 98-105
  4. SPI in Agile and Small Settings

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
    2. A Maturity Model for Integrating Agile Processes and User Centred Design

      • Dina Salah, Richard Paige, Paul Cairns
      Pages 109-122
    3. Analysis of Tools for Assessing the Implementation and Use of Agile Methodologies in SMEs

      • Mirna Muñoz, Jezreel Mejia, Brisia Corona, Jose A. Calvo-Manzano, Tomas San Feliu, Juan Miramontes
      Pages 123-134
    4. Evaluation of Agility Assessment Tools: A Multiple Case Study

      • Onat Ege Adalı, Özden Özcan-Top, Onur Demirörs
      Pages 135-149
    5. Exploring Processes in Small Software Companies: A Systematic Review

      • Nirnaya Tripathi, Elina Annanperä, Markku Oivo, Kari Liukkunen
      Pages 150-165
  5. SPI and Assessment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167
    2. The Issue of Reliability in Software Mediated Process Assessments

      • Anup Shrestha, Aileen Cater-Steel, Mark Toleman, Terry Rout, Suren Behari
      Pages 195-209

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About this book

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination, SPICE 2016, held in Dublin, Ireland, in June 2016.

The 28 full papers presented together with 5 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 52 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: SPI in regulated and safety critical domains; gamification and education issues in SPI; SPI in agile and small settings; SPI and assessment; SPI and project management concerns; empirical research case studies of SPI; knowledge and human communications issues in SPI.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Lero Irish Software Research Centre, Dublin City University Lero Irish Software Research Centre, Dublin, Ireland

    Paul M. Clarke

  • Dublin City University , Dublin 9, Ireland

    Rory V. O'Connor

  • Software Quality Institue, Griffith University Software Quality Institue, Brisbane, Australia

    Terry Rout

  • Impronova AB , Drabergsvagen, Lindome, Sweden

    Alec Dorling

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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