Approaches to evaluateand measure software process imporvement in softwares Sme

Abstract

Industry leaders, practitioners and researchers from the software engineering community have newlineexpressed a deep concern in software process improvement (SPI) as evidenced by the increase newlinein the number of publications that deal with the theme of SPI. In the current era, almost all newlinesoftware organizations, be it small or medium operates in a competitive business environment, newlineunder stiff time and cost constraints. According to Mahmood et al., (2017), 85% of companies newlineare small software enterprises which represent a big proportion out of the total number of newlinesoftware enterprises. These enterprises develop noteworthy products, for the creation of which newlinethey need well-organized and sustainable SPI initiatives, suitable for their organizational size newlineand form of business, an investment in such practices reap many benefits i.e., enhanced quality newlineof software product, reduced shipping time to customer, enhanced productivity, enhanced newlineorganizational flexibility, and greater customer satisfaction. newlineFor successful implementation of SPI program various small and medium enterprises transform newlinetheir processes to meet the specifications of process reference model models (ISO/IEC 15504, newlineISO/IEC 12207, CMM, CMMI, MoProSoft) they want to implement. Though these models newlineand standards provide sufficient information on what aspects/activities related to SPI newlineimprovement which will lead to SPI success but not detail on how aspects as attention to the newline how aspect to implement is essential for the successful execution of SPI initiatives in newlinesoftware SME s. According to Sánchez -Gordon et al., (2016), the small companies do not put newlineinto practice software quality standards because they are not prepared to do so and also, they newlinedo not have sufficient time to implement them. newlineSPI literature consists of anecdotal evidence of successful software enterprises and details of newlinecase studies which discuss their SPI programs (Basili et al.,2002; Oktaba and Piattini, 2007; newlineSilva, 2013). Authors in literature discussed various enablers (Dyba et al