Software Process Improvement: 11th European Conference, EuroSPI 2004, Trondheim, Norway, November 10-12, 2004. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 3281)

This book constitutes the refereed proceeding of the 11th European Software Process Improvement Conference, EuroSPI 2004, held in Trondheim, Norway in November 2004. The 18 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 31 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on agile methods and global software development, software process improvement techniques, studies of software process improvement, knowledge management, and effort estimation. This Was The ?rst Year That The European Software Process Improvement Conference – Eurospi – Had A Separate Research Track With Its Own Proceedings.the Eurospi Conf- Ence Is In Its Eleventh Year, And Has Become The Main Meeting Place In Europe For The Software Industry And Academia To Discuss Software Process Improvement. The Conf- Ence Deals With Software Process Improvementin A Broad Sense, Investigatingorgani- Tional Issues As Well As Methods And Tools For Software Process Improvement. Eurospiisaninitiative?nancedbyaconsortiumofnordicresearchcentersanduser Networks(sintef,deltaandsttf),asqf, Agermanqualityassuranceassociation, And Iscn In Ireland, The Coordinating Network Partner. The Research Papers Describe Innovative And Signi?cant Work In Software Process Improvement, Which Is Relevant To The Software Industry. The Papers Are Readable For A Scienti?c And Industrial Audience, And Support Claims With Appropriately Described Evidence Or References To Relevant Literature. Thirty-one Papers Were Submitted In This Year’s Research Track, And Each Paper Was Sent To Three Or Four Members Of The Programcommittee Or Additional Reviewers. Papers Were Evaluated According To Originality, Signi?cance Of The Contribution, Quality Of The Written And Graphical Presentation, Research Method Applied, And Appropriateness Of Comparison To Relevant Research And Literature. Almost 100 Reviews Were Received And 18 Papers Were Selected For Presentation In The Research Track, Giving A Rejection Rate Of 42%. Many High-quality Submissions Had To Be Rejected Because Of Limited Space In The Conference Program. The Selected Papers Cover A Wide Area In Software Process Improvement, From - Provingagile Developmentmethods, Techniquesfor Software Processimprovement,and Knowledgemanagementin Software Companiesto Effort Estimation And Global Software Development. On-site Customer In An Xp Project: Empirical Results From A Case Study / Juha Koskela And Pekka Abrahamsson -- Extreme Programming: Reassessing The Requirements Management Process For An Offsite Customer / Mikko Korkala And Pekka Abrahamsson -- Global Software Development Project Management-distance Overcoming / Darja Smite -- Towards Comprehensive Experience-based Decision Support / Andreas Jedlitschka And Dietmar Pfahl -- Discovering The Relation Between Project Factors And Project Success In Post-mortem Evaluations / Joost Schalken, Sjaak Brinkkemper, Hans Van Vliet -- Serious Insights Through Fun Software-projects / Daniel Lubke, Thomas Flohr, Kurt Schneider -- Software Process Improvement In Small And Medium Sized Software Enterprises In Eastern Finland / Ilmari Saastamoinen And Markku Tukiainen -- An Experimental Replica To Validate A Set Of Metrics For Software Process Models / Felix Garcia, Francisco Ruiz, Mario Piattini --^ Using Measurement Data In A Tsp Sm Project / Noopur Davis, Julia Mullaney, David Carrington -- Software Thinking Improvement Learning Performance Improving Lessons / Keld Pedersen -- The Adoption Of An Electronic Process Guide In A Company With Voluntary Use / Nils Brede Moe And Tore Dyba -- Knowledge Mapping: A Technique For Identifying Knowledge Flows In Software Organisations / Bo Hansen Hansen And Karlheinz Kautz -- Determining The Improvement Potential Of A Software Development Organization Through Fault Analysis / Lars-ola Damm, Lars Lundberg, Claes Wohlin -- Root Cause Analysis And Gap Analysis -- A Tale Of Two Methods / Tor Stalhane -- Empirical Evaluation Of Two Requirements Prioritization Methods In Product Development Projects / Laura Lehtola And Marjo Kauppinen -- Project Effort Estimation: Or, When Size Makes A Difference / Oddur Benediktsson And Darren Dalcher --^ A Comparison Of Size Estimation Techniques Applied Early In The Life Cycle / Onur Demirors And Cigdem Gencel -- Model And Process For Timely Progress Reporting In Use Case Driven Software Development / Sungwook Moon And Joa Sang Lim. Torgeir Dingsøyr (ed.). Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Also Issued Online. This was the first year that the European Software Process Improvement Conference - EuroSPI - had a separate research track with its own proceedings. The EuroSPI conference is in its eleventh year, and has become the main meeting place in Europe for the software industry and academia to discuss software process improvement. The conference deals with software process improvement in a broad sense, investigating organizational issues as well as methods and tools for software process improvement. Euro SPI is an initiative financed by a consortium of Nordic research centers and user networks(SINTEF, DELTA and STTF), ASQF, a German quality assurance association, and ISCN in Ireland, the coordinating network partner. The research papers describe innovative and significant work in software process improvement, which is relevant to the software industry. The papers are readable for a scientific and industrial audience, and support claims with appropriately described evidence or references to relevant literature. Thirty-one papers were submitted in this year's research track, and each paper was sent to three or four members of the program committee or additional reviewers. Papers were evaluated according to originality, significance of the contribution, quality of the written and graphical presentation, research method applied, and appropriateness of comparison to relevant research and literature. Almost 100 reviews were received and 18 papers were selected for presentation in the research track, giving a rejection rate of 42%. Many high-quality submissions had to be rejected because of limited space in the conference program. The selected papers cover a wide area in software process improvement, from - proving agile development methods, techniques for software process improvement, and knowledge management in software companies to effort estimation and global software development Front Matter....Pages - On-Site Customer in an XP Project: Empirical Results from a Case Study....Pages 1-11 Extreme Programming: Reassessing the Requirements Management Process for an Offsite Customer....Pages 12-22 Global Software Development Project Management – Distance Overcoming....Pages 23-33 Towards Comprehensive Experience-Based Decision Support....Pages 34-45 Discovering the Relation Between Project Factors and Project Success in Post-mortem Evaluations....Pages 46-56 Serious Insights Through Fun Software-Projects....Pages 57-68 Software Process Improvement in Small and Medium Sized Software Enterprises in Eastern Finland: A State-of-the-Practice Study....Pages 69-78 An Experimental Replica to Validate a Set of Metrics for Software Process Models....Pages 79-90 Using Measurement Data in a TSP SM Project....Pages 91-101 Software Thinking Improvement Learning Performance Improving Lessons....Pages 102-113 The Adoption of an Electronic Process Guide in a Company with Voluntary Use....Pages 114-125 Knowledge Mapping: A Technique for Identifying Knowledge Flows in Software Organisations....Pages 126-137 Determining the Improvement Potential of a Software Development Organization Through Fault Analysis: A Method and a Case Study....Pages 138-149 Root Cause Analysis and Gap Analysis – A Tale of Two Methods....Pages 150-160 Empirical Evaluation of Two Requirements Prioritization Methods in Product Development Projects....Pages 161-170 Project Effort Estimation: Or, When Size Makes a Difference....Pages 171-183 A Comparison of Size Estimation Techniques Applied Early in the Life Cycle....Pages 184-194 Model and Process for Timely Progress Reporting in Use Case Driven Software Development....Pages 195-206 Back Matter....Pages - Extreme programming (XP), first introduced in [1], is focused on generating early releases of working products and aims to deliver business value from the very beginning of the project.