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Proceedings of the 12th European conference on Software Process Improvement

Product-focused software process improvement : 8th International Conference, PROFES 2007, Riga, Latvia, July 2-4, 2007 : proceedings

An iterative improvement process for agile software development

Software Process Improvement - EuroSPI 2007 Conference

Software Process Improvement, 14th European Conference, EuroSPI 2007, Potsdam, Germany, September 26-28, 2007, Proceedings

Software process improvement : 14th European Conference, EuroSPI 2007, Potsdam, Germany, September 26-28, 2007 : proceedings

Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming: 9th International Conference, XP 2008, Limerick, Ireland, June 10-14, 2008, Proceedings ... Notes in Business Information Processing)

Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming, 9th International Conference, XP 2008, Limerick, Ireland, June 10-14, 2008. Proceedings

Agile processes in software engineering and extreme programming : 10th international conference, XP 2009, Pula, Sardinia, Italy, May 25-29, 2009 : proceedings

Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, 10th International Conference, PROFES 2009, Oulu, Finland, June 15-17, 2009. Proceedings

Software product roadmapping in a volatile business environment

Product roadmapping enhances the product development process by enabling early information and long-term decision making about the products in order to deliver the right products to the right markets at the right time. However, relatively little scientific knowledge is available on the application and usefulness of product roadmapping in software product development context. This study develops a framework for software product roadmapping, which is then used to study the critical aspects of the product roadmapping process. The collection of empirical evidence includes both quantitative and qualitative data which sheds further insight into the complexities involved in product roadmapping. Results revealed that organizations view the product roadmap mainly as a tool for strategic decision making as it aims at showing the future directions of the company's products. However, only a few companies appear to have an explicit approach for handling the mechanisms for creating and maintaining such a roadmap. Finally, it is suggested that the strategic importance of product roadmapping is likely to increase in the future and, as a conclusion, a new type of agility is required in order to survive in the turbulent and competitive software business environment.

Improving Software Developer's Competence: Is the Personal Software Process Working?

Emerging agile software development methods are people ori- ented development approaches to be used by the software industry. The personal software process (PSP SM ) is an accepted method for im- proving the capabilities of a single software engineer. Five original hy- potheses regarding the impact of the PSP to individual performance are tested. Data is obtained from 58 computer science students in three university courses on the master level, which were held in two different educational institutions in Finland and Denmark. Statistical data treat- ment shows that the use of PSP did not improve size and time estima- tion skills but that the productivity did not decrease and the resulting product quality was improved. The implications of these findings are briefly addressed.