Strategies for personal process improvement a comparison

ABSTRACT

Every so often, a new methodology is launched onto the software engineering landscape with all the force of a religious crusade. From its humble beginnings Software Process Improvement (SPI) has spread its wings into virtually every sector of the software engineering community and in the process has transformed itself from a bag of tools and techniques, into a serious set of methodologies for enhancing organisational effectiveness and competitive success. In the latter half of the 1990's, individual SPI methodologies such as PSP [1] and PIPSI [2] were promulgated as approaches to make the individual a better software engineer.Surveys of European software organisations [3] have shown support for SPI. In Europe to date, SPI programmes have concentrated at the organisational level, with less adoption at the level of the individual. This paper explores the role of individual-level methodologies in a European context and details the results of a series of experiments conducted by the authors.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
      D.2.9 Management
          Subjects: Software process models (e.g., CMM, ISO, PSP)

Additional Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.6 MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
      K.6.3 Software Management
          Subjects: Software process

General Terms:
Design

Keywords:
PIPSI, PSP, software process improvement