Product Focused Software Process Improvement

1. Front Matter

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2. Software Process Improvement

   1. A Model for the Implementation of Software Process Improvement: An Empirical Study

      • Mahmood Niazi, David Wilson, Didar Zowghi, Bernard Wong

      Pages 1-16

   2. Does Use of Development Model Affect Estimation Accuracy and Bias?

      • Kjetil Moløkken, Anette C. Lien, Magne Jørgensen, Sinan S. Tanilkan, Hans Gallis, Siw E. Hove

      Pages 17-29

   3. Managing Software Process Improvement (SPI) through Statistical Process Control (SPC)

      • Teresa Baldassarre, Nicola Boffoli, Danilo Caivano, Giuseppe Visaggio

      Pages 30-46

   4. Towards Hypotheses on Creativity in Software Development

      • Mingyang Gu, Xin Tong

      Pages 47-61

   5. Using Software Inspection as a Catalyst for SPI in a Small Company

      • Lasse Harjumaa, Ilkka Tervonen, Pekka Vuorio

      Pages 62-75

   6. Comparing Global (Multi-site) SPI Program Activities to SPI Program Models

      • Atte Kinnula, Marianne Kinnula

      Pages 76-91

   7. Starting SPI from Software Configuration Management: A Fast Approach for an Organization to Realize the Benefits of SPI

      • Kunihiko Ikeda, Yasuyuki Akamatsu

      Pages 92-104

3. Software Quality

   1. Evaluating the Calmness of Ubiquitous Applications

      • Jukka Riekki, Pekka Isomursu, Minna Isomursu

      Pages 105-119

   2. Quality Attributes in Mobile Web Application Development

      • Axel Spriestersbach, Thomas Springer

      Pages 120-130

   3. Introducing Quality System in Small and Medium Enterprises: An Experience Report

      • Lerina Aversano, Gerardo Canfora, Giovanni Capasso, Giuseppe A. Di Lucca, Corrado A. Visaggio

      Pages 131-145

4. Measurement

   1. Definition and Empirical Validation of Metrics for Software Process Models

      • Félix García, Francisco Ruiz, Mario Piattini

      Pages 146-158

   2. Multiview Framework for Goal Oriented Measurement Plan Design

      • Pasquale Ardimento, Maria Teresa Baldassarre, Danilo Caivano, Giuseppe Visaggio

      Pages 159-173

   3. Eliminating Over-Confidence in Software Development Effort Estimates

      • Magne Jørgensen, Kjetil Moløkken

      Pages 174-184

   4. Measuring the Object-Oriented Properties in Small Sized C++ Programs – An Empirical Investigation

      • S. Kanmani, V. Rhymend Uthariaraj, V. Sankaranarayanan, P. Thambidurai

      Pages 185-202

5. Methods and Tools

   1. An Empirical Investigation on the Impact of Training-by-Examples on Inspection Performance

      • Atiq Chowdhury, Lesley Pek Wee Land

      Pages 203-219

   2. Refactoring Support Based on Code Clone Analysis

      • Yoshiki Higo, Toshihiro Kamiya, Shinji Kusumoto, Katsuro Inoue

      Pages 220-233

   3. Introducing the Next Generation of Software Inspection Tools

      • Henrik Hedberg

      Pages 234-247

   4. Intelligent Support for Software Release Planning

      • Amandeep, Günther Ruhe, Mark Stanford

      Pages 248-262

6. Experimental Software Engineering

   1. An Empirical Evaluation of Predicting Runaway Software Projects Using Bayesian Classification

      • Osamu Mizuno, Takanari Hamasaki, Yasunari Takagi, Tohru Kikuno

      Pages 263-273

On behalf of the PROFES organizing committee we are proud to present to you the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Product Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES 2004), held in Kansai Science City, Japan. Since 1999, PROFES has established itself as one of the recognized international process improvement conferences. In 2004 the conference left Europe for the first time and moved to Japan. Japan and its neighboring countries are intensifying their efforts to improve software engineering excellence, so it was a logical step to select Japan as the venue for PROFES 2004. The purpose of the conference is to bring to light the most recent findings and results in the area and to stimulate discussion between researchers, experienced professionals, and technology providers. The large number of participants coming from industry confirms that the conference provides a variety of up-to-date topics and tackles industry problems. The main theme of PROFES is professional software process improvement (SPI) motivated by product and service quality needs. SPI is facilitated by software process assessment, software measurement, process modeling, and technology transfer. It has become a practical tool for quality software engineering and management. The conference addresses both the solutions found in practice and the relevant research results from academia. This is reflected in the 41 full papers, which are a balanced mix of academic papers as well as industrial experience reports.

• C++ programming language
• COTS software
• Refactoring
• collaborative so
• design pattern
• documentation
• embedded software
• modeling
• programming
• project management
• software metrics
• software process improvement
• software process management
• software products
• software quality

• Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (IESE), Kaiserslautern, Germany

  Frank Bomarius

• Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Graduate School of Information Science, Nara, Japan

  Hajimu Iida

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