TY  - CONF
PB  - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
SP  - 162
AV  - none
N2  - Nowadays, software firms are playing very important roles in economies all over the world, and majority of these firms are Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The SMEs recognize that it is important to improve their development processes and activities in order to produce software with high quality and to be competitive in the software industry. However, several studies have shown that the SMEs used ad-hoc manner in their development processes and they suffer from lack of the knowledge and resources to do Software Process Improvement (SPI). In this paper, a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) is used to identify and discuss the SPI initiatives in SME software firms. The results of the systematic review showed that the majority of software process improvement initiatives in SME firms are carried out in America and Europe. Only in one Asian country, Hong Kong was the SPI initiative considered and CMM Fast-Track was the model developed. The developed model did not cover all the CMM levels, only levels 1 and 2 were considered. In conclusion, many Software Process Improvement initiatives have been proposed for SME software firms but they have shortcomings such as lack of generalizability and take a lot of time to gain the benefits/advantage of the SPI model after implementation. © 2014 IEEE.
SN  - 9781479918454
KW  - Enterprise software; Process engineering; Software engineering
KW  -  Developed model; Development process; Small and medium enterprise; Software industry; Software Process Improvement; Software process improvements; Systematic literature review (SLR); Systematic Review
KW  -  Software design
TI  - Software process improvement initiatives in small and medium firms: A systematic review
Y1  - 2014///
ID  - scholars4319
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84946687250&doi=10.1109%2fACSAT.2014.35&partnerID=40&md5=185941399d885fc8021f076172fab91e
A1  - Almomani, M.A.T.
A1  - Basri, S.
A1  - Mahamad, S.
A1  - Bajeh, A.O.
N1  - cited By 8; Conference of 3rd International Conference on Advanced Computer Science Applications and Technologies, ACSAT 2014 ; Conference Date: 29 December 2014 Through 30 December 2014; Conference Code:111801
EP  - 167
ER  -