A Nationwide Program for Software Process Improvement in Brazil

6th International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology (QUATIC 2007) Pub Date : 2007-09-12 DOI:10.1109/QUATIC.2007.15

A. Rocha, M. Montoni, K. C. Weber, Eratostenes Edson Ramalho de Araujo

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Continuous improvement of software development capability is fundamental for organizations to thrive in competitive markets. Nevertheless, software process improvement (SPI) implementation based on software process reference models and standards is a complex and long-term endeavor that requires investment of large sums of money. This paper describes a national program for SPI in Brazilian organizations. The main goal of this initiative is to develop and disseminate a Brazilian software process model (named MPS Model) aiming to establish a feasible pathway for organizations to achieve benefits from implementing SPI at reasonable costs, especially SMEs. This paper presents the main components of MPS Model. The results of MPS Model adoption and dissemination in Brazilian software industry are also presented in this paper. Although the main focus of the MPS Model is on SMEs, the model demonstrated to be adequate to support SPI implementation and assessment in large organizations.

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巴西一个全国性的软件过程改进项目

软件开发能力的持续改进是组织在竞争激烈的市场中茁壮成长的基础。然而，基于软件过程参考模型和标准的软件过程改进(SPI)实现是一项复杂且长期的工作，需要大量资金的投资。本文描述了巴西组织的SPI国家计划。该倡议的主要目标是开发和传播巴西软件过程模型(称为MPS模型)，旨在为组织建立一个可行的途径，以合理的成本实现SPI的收益，特别是中小企业。本文介绍了MPS模型的主要组成部分。本文还介绍了MPS模型在巴西软件行业的应用和推广结果。虽然MPS模型的主要重点是中小企业，但该模型已被证明足以支持大型组织中的SPI实施和评估。

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