[PDF] Top 20 An evaluation of the RAPID assessment-based process improvement method for small firms

... the firms did not know the extent of resources involved because they did not have a measurement process in ...maturity firms typically do not have metrics for effort or ...the RAPID ... See full document

... capability firms (#8, #18) are included in Group 1, having achieved sufficient improvement to increase the capability level of some of the eight ...rated firms (#4, #7) experienced seriously ... See full document

... large firms have been published, small firms have reported problems in trying to adopt the ...for small firms ...200 small businesses throughout the US in using CMM: ... See full document

... software process assessment and improvement was appreciated by the firms ...the small firms: firstly, they were too busy to allocate their own staff to address software ... See full document

... of small Australian firms were assessed using the RAPID assessment ...which firms had implemented the assessors’ recommendations and improved their ...some firms provided reasons ... See full document

... Faced with an enormous choice of methods, tools and techniques, software development managers need evidence that their investment in new practices will produce benefits [3, 4]. Unfortunately, many approaches are adopted ... See full document

... even small organizations, in people, products, and processes, creates signifi cant challenges in eff ectively and effi ciently using these initiatives ...place process purposes in the foreground and initiatives ... See full document

... very small structures like our target ...an evaluation process (+/- 25000$) and its duration (+/- 8 month) [2] which are disproportional to the available ...general assessment model like CMM, ... See full document

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... was based on the SEI model, the initial version of CMM (Kuvaja, 1995, ...cess assessment, benchmarking and improvement in a specific software production unit ...the method is targeted at large ... See full document

... the RAPID assessments. The RAPID method collects evidence only by interview, but participants may illustrate issues under discussion by reference to ...each evaluation, one in the role of team ... See full document

... of process capability was undertaken for this follow ...the Assessment to be of considerable value, in providing an objective view of their current development status, and to offer relevant ... See full document

... Lightweight process to incorporate improvements suitable (useful and practical) for driving the formulation and execution of improvements in small software enterprises? Additional research questions ... See full document

... a process consists of a series of actions and task which leads to certain ...innovative process as the professionals in the construction projects continuously preoccupied with seeking idea on how the ... See full document

... web based-applications become increasingly important to all aspects of life, there is a need to encourage practitioners to adopt best practices so as to improve the quality of the processes in use, and therefore ... See full document

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