Reflecting these topics, the book is divided into three parts. Part 1 focuses on software business transformation and addresses the questions of which process(es) to use and adapt, and how to organize process improvement programs. Subsequently, Part 2 mainly addresses process modeling. Lastly, Part 3 collects concrete approaches, experiences, and recommendations that can help to improve software processes, with a particular focus on specific lifecycle phases.
This book is aimed at anyone interested in understanding and optimizing software development tasks at their organization. While the experiences and ideas presented will be useful for both those readers who are unfamiliar with software process improvement and want to get an overview of the different aspects of the topic, and for those who are experts with many years of experience, it particularly targets the needs of researchers and Ph.D. students in the area of software and systems engineering or information systems who study advanced topics concerning the organization and management of (software development) projects and process improvements projects.
About the Editors:
Marco Kuhrmann is Associate Professor at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense, where he heads the software engineering section. He holds a Ph.D. and a habilitation in computer sciences from the Technische Universit├дt M├╝nchen, Germany. His research is focused on software process & quality management and agile engineering.
J├╝rgen M├╝nch is a Professor of Software Engineering at the University of Reutlingen, Germany, and a Research Director in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Helsinki, Finland. His research in software engineering is focused on product management, lean analytics, rapid value delivery, innovation processes, and agile engineering. He regularly supports companies to improve their product strategy and product development. He has been awarded the IFIP TC2 Manfred Paul Award for Excellence in Software Theory and Practice, and the Distinguished Professor Award FiDiPro of Tekes.
Ita Richardson is an Associate Professor at the University of Limerick in Ireland and a Principal Investigator in Lero тАУ the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre. She holds a Ph.D. in computer sciences from the University of Limerick. Her research is focused on software process improvement, global software development, software quality in healthcare and connected health.
Andreas Rausch is Professor for Software Systems Engineering at the Technical University of Clausthal. He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the Technische Universit├дt M├╝nchen. His research is focused on software architecture, modeling, and software processes for the development of reliable and long-living software systems.
He (Jason) Zhang is Professor at the Software Institute of Nanjing University, China. He was awarded a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia. He joined academia after seven years in industry, where he had developed software systems in the areas of aerospace and complex data management. He does research in software engineering, in particular software processes (modelling, simulation, analytics and improvement), empirical and evidence-based software engineering, service-oriented computing, and software engineering research methodologies.