Software Process Improvement: 12th European Conference, EuroSPI 2005, Budapest, Hungary, November 9-11, 2005, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 3792)

This volume is intended for SPI (software process improvement) managers and researchers, quality managers, and experienced project and research managers. The papers constitute the research proceedings of the 12th EuroSPI (European Software Process Improvement, www.eurospi.net) conference held in Budapest, 9-11 November 2005, Hungary. Conferences have been held in 1994 in Dublin, 1995 in Vienna (Austria), 1997 in Budapest (Hungary), 1998 in Gothenburg (Sweden), 1999 in Pori(Finland), 2000 in Copenhagen(Denmark), 2001 in L- erick (Ireland), 2002 in Nuremberg (Germany), 2003 in Graz (Austria), and 2004 in Trondheim (Norway). EuroSPI established an experience library (- brary.eurospi.net) which will be continuously extended over the next years and will be made available to all attendees. EuroSPI also created an umbrella init- tive for establishing a European Quali?cation Network in which di?erent SPINs and national initiatives join mutually bene?cial collaborations. From 2005, through EuroSPI partners and networks, in collaboration with the European Union (supported by the EU Leonardo da Vinci Programme), a certi?cation body will be created for the IT and services sector so as to o?er SPI knowledge and certi?cates to industry, establishing close knowledge transfer links between research and industry. The biggest value of EuroSPI lies in its function as a European knowledgeand experience exchangemechanism between SPI research institutions and industry. Frontmatter Introduction Software Process Improvement -- EuroSPI 2005 Conference Agile Methods and Software Issues Framework of Agile Patterns Deploying Agile Practices in Organizations: A Case Study Pair Programming vs. Side-by-Side Programming SPI Studies Finding and Ranking Research Directions for Software Testing Quality: Attitudes and Experience Within the Irish Software Industry How Things Should Not Be Done: A Real-World Horror Story of Software Engineering Process Improvement Improvement Methods AIM -- Ability Improvement Model Customer-Oriented Specification and Evaluation of IT Service Level Agreements Safety Methods in Software Process Improvement Quality and Knowledge Management RAMALA: A Knowledge Base for Software Process Improvement A Process Based Model for Measuring Process Quality Attributes Reference Model for Software Process Improvement: A Brazilian Experience Engineering and Development Using Rational Unified Process in an SME -- A Case Study Goal-Driven Requirements Engineering for Supporting the ISO 15504 Assessment Process Improving the Software Inspection Process Project Web and Electronic Process Guide as Software Process Improvement Forces Affecting Offshore Software Development A Framework for Improving Soft Factors in Software Development Backmatter

This book constitutes the refereed proceeding of the 12th European Software Process Improvement Conference, EuroSPI 2005, held in Budapest, Hungary in November 2005.

The 18 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 40 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on agile methods and software issues, spi studies, improvement methods, quality and knowledge management, as well as engineering and development.

Constitutes the refereed proceeding of the 12th European Software Process Improvement Conference, EuroSPI 2005, held in Budapest, Hungary in November 2005. This title presents 18 revised full papers that were reviewed and selected from 40 submissions.