Process capability in the Australian software industry-results from the SPICE trials

Author

Rout, Terence P. ; Tuffley, Angela B. ; Hodgen, D. Bruce

Author_Institution

Software Quality Inst., Griffith Univ., Brisbane, Qld., Australia

fYear

1998

fDate

9-13 Nov 1998

Firstpage

12

Lastpage

19

Abstract

This paper is an initial report on the analysis of data from the Australian contribution to the international SPICE (Software Process Improvement and Capability dEtermination) project, Phase 2 trials. It should be viewed in the context of the overall international trials, where Australia is one of over 20 countries involved. The paper reports on the characteristics of the participating organizations and provides aggregated results of ratings of process capability. The value of these trials is now evident. They provide a means to evaluate the overall capability of the Australian software industry against the best in the world. Effective benchmarking by industry sector, and for the software development domain, is now a reality

Keywords

DP industry; research initiatives; software houses; software process improvement; software standards; standardisation; Australian software industry; SPICE trials; benchmarking; industry sectors; international trials; participating organizations; process capability; software development domain; software process improvement; Australia; Computer industry; SPICE;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Engineering Conference, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 Australian

Conference_Location

Adelaide, SA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-9187-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ASWEC.1998.730909

Filename

730909