Application of the SPI‑KM Approach to Support the Implementation of the MPS Model in Small- and Medium‑Sized Enterprises in Brazil
- Publication:
- Software Quality Professional
- Date:
- December 2008
- Issue:
- Volume 11 Issue 1
- Pages:
- pp. 34-45
- Author(s):
- Montoni, Mariano, Santos, Gleison, Vasconcellos, Jucele, Figueiredo, Savio, Cabral, Reinaldo, Cerdeiral, Cristina, Katsurayama, Anne Elise, Lupo, Peter, Zanetti, David, Rocha, Ana Regina
- Organization(s):
- COPPE/UFRJ—Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
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Abstract
[This abstract is based on the authors' abstract.]The lack of financial and human resources is one cause of the failure of many software process improvement initiatives by small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Brazil. Recently, the Brazilian software industry and research universities have been working cooperatively to develop and distribute a software process model, the MPS model, to improve the quality of Brazilian software processes and products. The SPI-KM approach has been developed to help SMEs deal with the difficulties encountered during software improvement initiatives. The approach is supported by a process-centered software engineering environment called the Taba Workstation. Results and lessons learned from the application of the approach in a group of five Brazilian SMEs that implemented the MPS model are described.