Software process improvement in small and medium software enterprises: a systematic review |
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Authors: | Francisco J Pino Félix García Mario Piattini |
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Affiliation: | (1) IDIS Research Group, Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering Faculty, University of Cauca, Street 5 # 4 – 70, Popayan, Colombia;(2) ALARCOS Research Group, Information Systems and Technologies Department, UCLM-INDRA Research and Development Institute, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Paseo de la Universidad, 4, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain |
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Abstract: | Small and medium enterprises are a very important cog in the gears of the world economy. The software industry in most countries
is composed of an industrial scheme that is made up mainly of small and medium software enterprises—SMEs. To strengthen these
types of organizations, efficient Software Engineering practices are needed—practices which have been adapted to their size
and type of business. Over the last two decades, the Software Engineering community has expressed special interest in software
process improvement (SPI) in an effort to increase software product quality, as well as the productivity of software development.
However, there is a widespread tendency to make a point of stressing that the success of SPI is only possible for large companies.
In this article, a systematic review of published case studies on the SPI efforts carried out in SMEs is presented. Its objective
is to analyse the existing approaches towards SPI which focus on SMEs and which report a case study carried out in industry.
A further objective is that of discussing the significant issues related to this area of knowledge, and to provide an up-to-date
state of the art, from which innovative research activities can be thought of and planned.
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Keywords: | Software process improvement SPI Small and medium software enterprises SMEs Systematic Review |
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