Title :
Evaluating the assessment method of the software maintenance maturity model
Author :
Zarour, Mohammad ; Alarifi, Abdulrahman ; Abran, Alain ; Desharnais, Jean-Marc
Author_Institution :
Dept. of SE, King Abdulaziz City for Sci. & Technol., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Abstract :
Evaluation of competing software process assessment (SPA) methods is an important issue for software process improvement initiatives. SPA methods designers usually claim the successful design and implementations of their SPA methods. Unfortunately, no independently evaluation, based on a set of defined evaluation criteria, has yet been documented. Moreover, independent evaluation of currently available SPA methods would also provide necessary information for those interested in improving such assessment methods. This paper presents as a case study the results of applying the proposed evaluation criteria to the assessment method of the software maintenance maturity model.
Keywords :
Capability Maturity Model; software maintenance; SPA methods; evaluation criteria; software maintenance maturity model; software process assessment method evaluation; software process improvement initiatives; Documentation; ISO standards; Maintenance engineering; Organizations; Software maintenance; Standards organizations; Assessment; Evaluation; Improvement; Process; Software; maintenance;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology and e-Services (ICITeS), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sousse
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1167-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICITeS.2012.6216681