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Software Process Improvement in Small Organizations: A Knowledge-Management Perspective
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Author(s): Ismael Edrein Espinosa-Curiel (Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Mexico), Josefina Rodríguez-Jacobo (Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Mexico), José Alberto Fernández-Zepeda (Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Mexico)and Ulises Gutiérrez-Osorio (Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Mexico)
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 18
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Agile Estimation Techniques and Innovative Approaches to Software Process Improvement
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Ricardo Colomo-Palacios (Østfold University College, Norway), Jose Antonio Calvo-Manzano Villalón (Universidad Politécnica De Madrid, Spain), Antonio de Amescua Seco (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)and Tomás San Feliu Gilabert (Universidad Politécnica De Madrid, Spain)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5182-1.ch011
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Abstract
Recently, many micro and small-sized enterprises (MSEs) have implemented a model-based Software Process Improvement (SPI) initiative. An initiative like this is a knowledge-intensive activity that uses and creates knowledge related to multiple areas (SPI knowledge) that should be managed. However, MSEs do not usually manage their SPI knowledge, which results in its erosion and eventual loss. This chapter discusses the importance of Knowledge Management (KM) for those MSEs that are implementing an SPI initiative. It also presents the knowledge created or required to accomplish the implementation of this type of initiative. Finally, it discusses the characteristics that a software tool should have to effectively support this KM process.
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