Maintenance costs make up the bulk of the total life cycle costs of a software system. Besides organizational issues such as knowledge management and turnover, the longterm mainte...
Florian Deissenboeck, Markus Pizka, Tilman Seifert
Software process improvement (SPI) has emerged as a critical area for organizations involved in software development. There is now considerable evidence that SPI can provide subst...
Recent work in applying causal modeling (Bayesian networks) to software engineering has resulted in improved decision support systems for software project managers. Once the causa...
Peter Hearty, Norman E. Fenton, Martin Neil, Patri...
This paper describes an initiative to improve software acquisition process in Brazil. This initiative was conducted in the context of the MPS.BR Program, a nationwide effort to de...
Kival Chaves Weber, Eratostenes Edson Ramalho de A...
Investigations of software development practices, processes, and techniques frequently report separately on the costs and benefits of a phenomenon under study, but rarely adequate...