Software Process Modeling (eBook)

Contents 6
Contributors 10
SOFTWARE PROCESS MODELLING: A Preface 14
Chapter 1 SOCIO- TECHNICAL INTERACTION NETWORKS IN FREE/ OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES 26
1. INTRODUCTION 26
2. UNDERSTANDING F/OSS DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES AND PROCESSES 29
3. LIMITATIONS AND CONSTRAINTS OF STINs ON F/ OSS DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES 43
Chapter 2 OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS MODELING 54
1. INTRODUCTION 54
2. OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS 56
3. SPEM META MODEL DESCRIPTION 58
4. CONCLUSIONS 45
5. DISCUSSION 81
Chapter 3 SOFTWARE DEPENDABILITY APPLICATIONS IN PROCESS MODELING 90
1. INTRODUCTION 91
2. BACKGROUND 92
3. SAMPLE APPLICATIONS 99
4. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 108
Chapter 4 SIMULATION PROCESS MODELLING FOR MANAGING SOFTWARE EVOLUTION* 112
1. INTRODUCTION 113
2. SOFTWARE PROCESS MODELLING USING SYSTEM DYNAMICS 114
3. A PROCESS MODELLING APPROACH 116
4. A BEHAVIOURAL PROCESS MODEL EXAMPLE 117
5. FURTHER WORK 128
6. RELATED WORK 129
7. FINAL REMARKS 129
Chapter 5 SOFTWARE PROCESS MODELLING: SociO'Technical Perspectives 136
1. INTRODUCTION 136
2. STS AND THE SOFTWARE PROCESS: COTS SELECTION AND THE PEOPLE CAPABILITY MATURITY MODEL (P-CMM) 142
3. STS AND THE SOFTWARE PROCESS: COMPETENCY PROGRAMMES AND PROCESS SIMULATION 148
4. STS AND THE SOFTWARE PROCESS: FUTURE ISSUES FOR RESEARCH AND PRACTICE 156
5. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 159
Chapter 6 MOTIVATION AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENT 166
1. INTRODUCTION 166
2. ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES 167
3. HUMAN BEHAVIOR 167
4. INTERACTIONS AMONG GROUPS 173
5. IMPROVING TEAM PERFORMANCE 175
6. IMPROVING ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE 179
7. CONCLUSIONS 184
Chapter 7 MANAGING ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE FOR SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT 188
1. INTRODUCTION 188
2. SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT (SPI) 189
3. BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE LITERATURE 190
4. PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES IN ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE FOR SPI 192
5. MODEL FOR MANAGING ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE FOR SPI 196
6. ROLE OF CULTURE IN SPI 202
7. THE CHANGE AGENT 204
8. SUCCESS FACTORS FOR ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE FOR SPI 205
Chapter 8 A WORKSHOP- ORIENTED APPROACH FOR DEFINING ELECTRONIC PROCESS GUIDES 212
1. INTRODUCTION 212
2. METHOD 216
3. DEFINING PROCESSES IN A MEDIUM-SIZE COMPANY 217
4. DISCUSSION 225
5. CONCLUSION AND FURTHER WORK 227
Index 232