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SPI experiences and innovation for Global Software Development

2009; Wiley; Volume: 14; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/spip.432

1099-1670

Miklós Bíró, Richard Messnarz,

Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy

Dear Reader, An annual EuroSPI conference supported by Software Process Improvement Networks from different European (EU) countries. Establishing an Internet-based knowledge library, newsletters and a set of proceedings and recommended books. Establishing an effective team of national representatives (from each EU country) growing step by step into more countries of Europe. Establishing a European Qualification Framework for a pool of professions related to software process improvement (SPI) and management. This is supported by European certificates and exam systems. … the biggest value of EuroSPI lies in its function as a European knowledge and experience exchange mechanism for SPI and innovation. One of the key enablers of progress, since the presidency in the US changed and cooperation with the EU starts to open again, is a good level of knowledge exchange and collaboration with institutions in the United States. Dublin is the perfect ground for creating ideas for such a cross-Atlantic cooperation. The best paper award was offered by EuroSPI and the American Society of Quality (ASQ) jointly. The Dublin conference empowered a closer EU–US collaboration and led to an exchange of key notes and speakers from South America, North America and Canada in the follow-up year 2009. EuroSPI is largely supported by different Scandinavian networks on SPI, a large German software quality association, and ISCN. It supports the exchange of SPI knowledge for a better collaboration in a global software collaboration and improvement environment. Learning and continuous improvement is not a matter at a personal level any more. Learning in teams and organizational learning within networked teams became a decisive factor of success in a global world. Among the 24 countries represented at EuroSPI 2008, the above issues are highly relevant everywhere including Europe and the United States. Connecting best practices, ideas, and skilled human resources will foster the grounds for growth in a future European research area. Meanwhile, SPI is a major learning and success factor worldwide for staying competitive in a global and dynamically developing world market. Readers are welcome to the next conference in the EuroSPI series to be held in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid Region), Spain from 2nd–4th September, 2009. American Society for Quality Software Division, http://www.asq.org German SW Quality Association ASQF, http://www.asqf.de DELTA, Denmark, http://www.delta.dk ISCN, Ireland and Austria, http://www.iscn.com SINTEF, Norway, http://www.sintef.no STTF and FiSMA (Finish Software Measurement Association), http://www.sttf.fi The value of this selection of papers lies in the fact that they present actual industrial experiences. Research oriented EuroSPI22008 papers were published in a separate proceedings. New Assessment and Analysis Methods SPI Aspects for Global Software Development Practical Implementation Experiences in Leading Engineering Companies Ita Richardson and Valentine Casey describe a 3-year in-depth case study on virtual team operation in globally distributed software development resulting in the identification of ten key factors for Global Software Development (GSD). Jørn Johansen and Mads Christiansen present experiences with innovation checks where 46 companies in Denmark collaborated. The method behind the Innovation Checks and conclusions reached from this important project, carried out in cooperation with DI (the Confederation of Danish Industry), are outlined. Fergal McCaffery and Gerry Coleman describe the implementation of an assessment method that was developed for software processes within small to medium-sized Irish software organisations that have little or no experience in SPI programmes. Richard Messnarz, Hans-Leo Ross, Stephan Habel, Frank König, Abdelhadi Koundoussi, Jürgen Unterrreitmayer and Damjan Ekert describe the way a group of major automotive suppliers combines Automotive SPICE (ISO 15 504) and ISO 26 262 into an integrated safety SPICE assessment model. The paper explains the extensions of the assessment method and how such combined assessments are performed. Mariano Angel Montoni, Ana Regina Rocha, Kival Chaves Weber describe the nationwide program for SPI in Brazilian organizations. The existing capability models have been adapted to support Brazilian companies to really achieve benefits from implementing SPI. Ricardo Rejas Muslera describes a legal assurance process, which should be added to the existing capability maturity models. His work is based on the general experience that among the risks IT projects have to manage, there are risks having legal and financial impact. Alexander Poth describes strategies for product lines where a group of variants of one and the same product are maintained for customers. Knowledge can be re-used and is proven to work through systems in actual practice. The practical experiences gained with the adaptation of product line processes and methods in projects belong to the automotive, finance and telecommunication domains. Andreas Riel, Serge Tichkiewitch and Richard Messnarz describe the necessary competencies for integrated engineering. Standards like ISO 15 504 require a consistent traceability between customers, the system level, the component level and software. Integrated Engineering is characterised by a highly multidisciplinary approach to product development. Engineers are increasingly confronted with the need to master several different engineering disciplines to get a sufficient understanding of a product or service. Serge is the manager of the largest EU network for innovation in production and engineering. Paolo Salvaneschi describes a method for managing the knowledge required during the evolution phase of an information system. The method applies a minimalist approach to the documentation, and uses the concept of "Total Cost of Ownership". It illustrates the principles on an industrial case study. Bernhard Sechser describes the approach of two big companies to combine their different process worlds and the experiences the author collected. The purpose is to give the reader an understanding of the factors that have an influence on creating a global process definition. Cultural differences are playing an important role, as well as the differences in languages. Siegfried Zopf describes success factors for globally distributed projects. Siegfried has been a manager at a global engineering company for many years before he started his own business. In this article, he summarizes real life experiences. We express our thanks to the members of the EuroSPI22008 Industrial Programme Committee for their contribution to the review and selection of the papers: Alexandre Simon CETIC asbl, Belgium, Balstrup Bo Center for Software Innovation, Denmark, Barafort Beatrix Centre de Recherche Public Henri Tudor, Luxembourg, Christiansen Mads Delta, Denmark, Goericke Stephan International Software Quality Institute, Germany, Griesser Martin Continental Engineering Services GmbH, Germany, Hehn Uwe method park Software AG, Germany, Hind Tim Axa Sun Life, UK, Ivanyos Janos MemoLux Organizing Developing and Enterprising Ltd., Hungary, Johansen Jorn Delta, Denmark, Kishida Kouichi SRA Inc., Japan, Lichtenecker Gerhard Magna Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co KG, Austria, Messnarz Richard, ISCN, Ireland, Moe Nils Brede SINTEF ICT, Norway, Nevalainen Risto STTF Oy, FINLAND, Ojala Pasi O. Nokia, Finland, O'Leary Eugene EQN Ltd., Ireland, Riel Andreas VRL KCiP INPG, France, Sehl Georg iMBUS AG, Germany, Smite Darja Riti, Latvia, Spork Gunther Magna Powertrain AG & Co KG, Austria, Stefanova-Pavlova Maria Center for Innovation and Technology Transfer-Global, Bulgaria, TÜHNCHER Gerhard ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Germany, von Bronk Peter Systemberatung Software-Qualität, Germany, Westerheim Hans SINTEF ICT, Norway, Mikkelsen Edda, Det Norske Veritas Software, Norway.