Managing Software Process Evolution

Traditional, Agile and Beyond – How to Handle Process Change

This book focuses on the design, development, management, governance and application of evolving software processes that are aligned with changing business objectives, such as expansion to new domains or shifting to global production. In the context of an evolving business world, it examines the complete software process lifecycle, from the initial definition of a product to its systematic improvement. In doing so, it addresses difficult problems, such as how to implement processes in highly regulated domains or where to find a suitable notation system for documenting processes, and provides essential insights and tips to help readers manage process evolutions. And last not least, it provides a wealth of examples and cases on how to deal with software evolution in practice.

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.

Facts

• 15 chapters
• 35+ authors from academia and industry
• From process theory to practice
• From business development to business improvement
• And: a foreword by Pekka Abrahamsson

Where to get it?

Find the book at Springer

Reference

Marco Kuhrmann, Jürgen Münch, Ita Richardson, Andreas Rausch, Jason He Zhang, editor.Managing Software Process Evolution: Traditional, Agile and Beyond – How to handle process change? Springer-Verlag, 2016.