eprintid: 1158 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/00/11/58 datestamp: 2023-11-09 15:49:19 lastmod: 2023-11-09 15:49:19 status_changed: 2023-11-09 15:39:07 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: O'Connor, R.V. creators_name: Basri, S. creators_name: Coleman, G. title: Exploring managerial commitment towards SPI in small and very small enterprises ispublished: pub keywords: Management involvement; Managerial experiences; Rich picture; Small enterprise; SME; Software development; Software process; Software Process Improvement; VSE, Industry; Planning, Software design note: cited By 31; Conference of 17th European Conference on Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement, EuroSPI 2010 ; Conference Date: 1 September 2010 Through 3 September 2010; Conference Code:81749 abstract: This paper compares and contrasts the results of two similar studies into the software process practices in Irish Small and Very Small Enterprises. The first study contains rich findings in relation to the role and influence of managerial experience and style, with particular respect to the company founder and software development managers in small to medium seized enterprises (SMEs), whilst the second study contains extensive findings in relation to people and management involvement / commitment and SPI goal planning in very small enterprises (VSEs). By combining these results of these two studies of Irish SMEs/VSEs we can develop a rich picture of managerial commitment towards SPI and in particular explore the similarities between Small and Very Small Enterprises. © 2010 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. date: 2010 official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-77957585315&doi=10.1007%2f978-3-642-15666-3_24&partnerID=40&md5=a4deb0f97f3e7e2de6606fd4927669f2 id_number: 10.1007/978-3-642-15666-3₂₄ full_text_status: none publication: Communications in Computer and Information Science volume: 99 CCI place_of_pub: Grenoble pagerange: 268-279 refereed: TRUE isbn: 3642156657; 9783642156656 issn: 18650929 citation: O'Connor, R.V. and Basri, S. and Coleman, G. (2010) Exploring managerial commitment towards SPI in small and very small enterprises. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 99 CCI. pp. 268-279. ISSN 18650929