The development processes of open source software are different from traditional closed source development processes. Still, open source software is frequently of high quality. Th...
For many small software companies, full-scale software process improvement (SPI) initiatives are often out of reach due to prohibitive costs and lack of SPI knowledge. However, to...
There is a growing interest in empirical study in software engineering, both for validating mature technologies and for guiding improvements of less-mature technologies. This pape...
This paper describes an initiative to improve software acquisition process in Brazil. This initiative was conducted in the context of the MPS.BR Program, a nationwide effort to de...
Kival Chaves Weber, Eratostenes Edson Ramalho de A...
There is large uncertainty with the software cost in the early stages of software development due to requirement volatility, incomplete understanding of product domain, reuse oppor...
Da Yang, Barry W. Boehm, Ye Yang, Qing Wang, Mings...