Model-driven assessment in Software Product Management

Abstract

The maturity of Software Product Management (SPM) in software companies is generally low. In order to enhance the overall maturity of SPM in the industry, we are developing a knowledge infrastructure that helps product managers in increasing their knowledge of the field and improving the SPM processes in their organization. An important part of this infrastructure is the assessment of a company's current situation. This paper presents a novel approach to assessing a company's SPM processes, by deducing its maturity based on process-deliverable diagrams. The approach is implemented using MetaCase's MetaEdit+, and evaluated in seven cases.