SPI agility: How to navigate improvement projects

被引：8

作者：

Aalborg University, IT University of Gothenburg, Georgia State University ^{[1
]}

不详 ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Aalborg University, IT University of Gothenburg, Georgia State University

[2] Aalborg University, Departmentment of Computer Science, Building E, DK-9220 Aalborg Ø

来源：

Softw. Process Improv. Pract. | 2007年 / 3卷 / 267-281期

关键词：

Agility; Governance mechanisms; Project tactics; Software process improvement;

D O I：

10.1002/spip.309

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摘要：

In this study, we argue that today's changing business environment calls for agile Software Process Improvement (SPI) practices. The study combines experiences from 18 SPI projects executed from 1998 to 2002 at Ericsson in Gothenburg with insights from SPI and agility theory. We suggest that agile SPI practices are both effective and flexible; they employ adaptive governance mechanisms at the corporate level; and they combine different tactics on the project level. We identify and compare two different tactics for SPI projects. Inspired by procedural thinking, the first tactic, the supertanker, employs process-push and aims for efficient process development and diffusion. On the basis of adaptive thinking, the second tactic, the motorboat, facilitates practice-pull and aims for adaptive process development and diffusion. We also discuss how agile SPI practices require understanding of the different types of waters in which the two tactics navigate effectively. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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页码：267 / 281

页数：14

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