Thesis Abstract Software process assessments are currently being conducted by organisations using de facto assessment standards such as ISO/IEC 15504, ISO 9001, CMM and BOOTSTRAP. These assessment standards require practical tools and support mechanisms to enable them to be effective and efficient in their execution. This thesis is a study of the functional composition of such automated tools and investigates the viability of creating mappings between the software process models that would allow the assessment data to be translated between models. The result is a model for creating automated assessment tools and a methodology for using data mappings to translate and compare assessment data between software process models in these assessment tools.

Programinė įranga, skirta brandaus programų kūrimo proceso gerinimui ir vertinimui atlikti, kuriama pagal tam skirtus modelius. Populiariausi palaikomi modeliai yra CMMI arba ISO/IEC 15504 (SPICE). Kuriant CMMI modelį buvo panaudota ISO/IEC 15504 standarto patirtis. CMMI modelis turi ir pakopinį ir tolydinį vaizdavimą, todėl yra suderinamas su modeliu ISO/IEC 15504. Brandaus programų kūrimo proceso vertinimas vadovaujantis abiem minėtais modeliais turėtų užtikrinti didesnę vertinimo kokybę. Šiuo tikslu yra kuriamas įrankis, kurio pagalba sukauptus duomenis bus galima pritaikyti vertinimams pagal abu modelius. / Software development teams are confronted with difficulties such as incorrect planned financial and time resources, low product quality and disappointed client. To solve those problems there are methodic and tools to improve software process capability. Tools for software process capability maturity assessment and support are implemented by particular models. Basic supported models are CMMI and ISO/IEC 15504 (SPICE). CMMI model is based on ISO/IEC 15504 standard. CMMI and ISO/IEC 15504 models are compatible. Software process capability maturity assessment quality should increase by using both models together. Consequently was decided to develop a tool supporting two models – CMMI and ISO/IEC 15504.

Many software companies face such problems as projects being behind schedule, exceeding the budget, customer dissatisfaction with product quality. Most of the problems arise due to immature software process of the company. The most popular process assessment models worldwide are ISO/IEC 15504 and CMMI. Companies seeking wider official recognition choose between these two models. Companies face the problem that different customers require process assessment according to different models. Therefore, it is important for companies to have an instrument that would transform company’s assessment results according to one process assessment model to another model without actual reassessment each time. The transitional process assessment model proposed in the dissertation allows the companies in the automotive, defence, space, medical, and other industries to have assessment results according to different process assessment models by performing only single process assessment. The presented method for TPAM development could be used developing transitional process assessment models in other domains. For example, service companies could implement a transitional model covering CMMI-SVC and ISO/IEC 15504-8 assessment models, and companies working in other areas could implement a transitional model covering Enterprise SPICE and FAA-iCMM assessment models. / Dauguma programinę įrangą kuriančių įmonių susiduria su problemomis: projektai vėluoja, viršijamas biudžetas, klientai nepatenkinti produktų kokybe. Daugelis problemų kyla dėl nebrandaus programų kūrimo proceso, pagal kurį įmonė įgyvendina projektus. Populiariausi pasaulyje programų kūrimo procesų vertinimo modeliai yra ISO/IEC 15504 ir CMMI. Įmonės, norėdamos būti oficialiai pripažintos platesnėje aplinkoje, renkasi vieną iš šių dviejų modelių. Įmonės susiduria su problema, kad skirtingi užsakovai reikalauja skirtingų procesų vertinimo modelių. Todėl įmonėms yra aktualu turėti instrumentą, kuris atvaizduotų jos vertinimo rezultatus iš vieno procesų vertinimo modelio į kitą, neatliekant kaskart realaus įmonės procesų vertinimo. Disertacijoje pateiktas tarpinis programų kūrimo procesų vertinimo modelis yra instrumentas įmonėms, siekiančioms kurti programų sistemas automobilių, krašto apsaugos, kosmoso, medicinos ir kitose pramonės šakose, gauti vertinimo rezultatus pagal įvairius procesų vertinimo modelius, atliekant vieną procesų vertinimą. Pagal pasiūlytą tarpinio programų kūrimo procesų vertinimo modelio kūrimo metodą galima kurti tarpinius modelius ir kitų sričių procesams vertinti. Pavyzdžiui, galima konstruoti tarpinį modelį paslaugas teikiančioms organizacijoms, apimantį CMMI-SVC ir ISO/IEC 15504-8 vertinimo modelius, arba tarpinį modelį bet kokia veikla užsiimančioms organizacijoms, apimantį Enterprise SPICE ir FAA-iCMM vertinimo modelius.

Dauguma programinę įrangą kuriančių įmonių susiduria su problemomis: projektai vėluoja, viršijamas biudžetas, klientai nepatenkinti produktų kokybe. Daugelis problemų kyla dėl nebrandaus programų kūrimo proceso, pagal kurį įmonė įgyvendina projektus. Populiariausi pasaulyje programų kūrimo procesų vertinimo modeliai yra ISO/IEC 15504 ir CMMI. Įmonės, norėdamos būti oficialiai pripažintos platesnėje aplinkoje, renkasi vieną iš šių dviejų modelių. Įmonės susiduria su problema, kad skirtingi užsakovai reikalauja skirtingų procesų vertinimo modelių. Todėl įmonėms yra aktualu turėti instrumentą, kuris atvaizduotų jos vertinimo rezultatus iš vieno procesų vertinimo modelio į kitą, neatliekant kaskart realaus įmonės procesų vertinimo. Disertacijoje pateiktas tarpinis programų kūrimo procesų vertinimo modelis yra instrumentas įmonėms, siekiančioms kurti programų sistemas automobilių, krašto apsaugos, kosmoso, medicinos ir kitose pramonės šakose, gauti vertinimo rezultatus pagal įvairius procesų vertinimo modelius, atliekant vieną procesų vertinimą. Pagal pasiūlytą tarpinio programų kūrimo procesų vertinimo modelio kūrimo metodą galima kurti tarpinius modelius ir kitų sričių procesams vertinti. Pavyzdžiui, galima konstruoti tarpinį modelį paslaugas teikiančioms organizacijoms, apimantį CMMI-SVC ir ISO/IEC 15504-8 vertinimo modelius, arba tarpinį modelį bet kokia veikla užsiimančioms organizacijoms, apimantį Enterprise SPICE ir FAA-iCMM vertinimo modelius. / Many software companies face such problems as projects being behind schedule, exceeding the budget, customer dissatisfaction with product quality. Most of the problems arise due to immature software process of the company. The most popular process assessment models worldwide are ISO/IEC 15504 and CMMI. Companies seeking wider official recognition choose between these two models. Companies face the problem that different customers require process assessment according to different models. Therefore, it is important for companies to have an instrument that would transform company’s assessment results according to one process assessment model to another model without actual reassessment each time. The transitional process assessment model proposed in the dissertation allows the companies in the automotive, defence, space, medical, and other industries to have assessment results according to different process assessment models by performing only single process assessment. The presented method for TPAM development could be used developing transitional process assessment models in other domains. For example, service companies could implement a transitional model covering CMMI-SVC and ISO/IEC 15504-8 assessment models, and companies working in other areas could implement a transitional model covering Enterprise SPICE and FAA-iCMM assessment models.

Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Tecnológico. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência de Computação. / Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-21T23:35:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 209829.pdf: 858602 bytes, checksum: 5c512c761eec9cf3fbc14ab58a7f9511 (MD5)

Magistriniame darbe nagrinėjami CMMI for Development 1.2 ir ISO/IEC 15504 procesų gebėjimo ir brandos modeliai, sudaromas modelių bazinių elementų tarpusavio sąryšio nustatymo algoritmas, sudaromi bazinių elementų sąryšiai. Darbas taip pat apima ir ISO/IEC 15504 pirmo, antro ir trečio brandos lygių nustatymą pagal 2008 metų rudenį į standartą įtrauktą pakopinį programų kūrimo proceso vertinimo modelį. Gaunamas unikalus ir niekur nepublikuotas rezultatas – CMMI for Development 1.2 ir ISO/IEC 15504 brandos lygių palyginimas, kuris pasako organizacijos brandos įvertinimą pagal ISO/IEC 15504, kai yra žinomas (yra duotas) organizacijos brandos įvertinimas pagal CMMI arba nurodo, kokį tolimesnį programų kūrimo proceso vertinimo kelią pasirinkti, jei trūksta duomenų įvertinti ISO/IEC 15504 brandos lygį. / In Master paper there has been taken analysis of CMMI for Developement and ISO/IEC 15504 capability and maturity models, an algorithm of mapping basic elements of the models has been made, mapping of the basic elements of the models has been carried out. Paper also includes evaluation of ISO/IEC 15504 maturity levels(first, second and third) according to the new part of the ISO standard which have been added in the autumn of 2008. The result which has been obtained is unique and never published - the mapping of CMMI for Development 1.2 and ISO/IEC 15504 maturity levels. That mapping can either tell the organization maturity level in terms of ISO/IEC 15504 when maturity of the same organization in CMMI terms is known or suggest what way to choose to assess the organization maturity in case there are not enough data to tell the organization‘s maturity level in terms of ISO/IEC 15504.

Orientador: Mario Jino / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Eletrica e de Computação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-06T08:05:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Salviano_ClenioFigueiredo_D.pdf: 2111618 bytes, checksum: 1da963de455fd0587fbfd55071cd1d0f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Resumo: Melhoria de processo de software baseada nos níveis de maturidade fixos da arquitetura estagiada dos modelos SW-CMM e CMMI não atendem à diversidade de contextos e objetivos estratégicos das organizações intensivas em software. Esta pesquisa evoluí a área de melhoria de processo com a utilização da flexibilidade da arquitetura contínua da ISO/IEC 15504 para um melhor alinhamento da melhoria com o contexto e objetivos estratégicos específicos de cada organização, principalmente as micro e pequenas. São identificadas três gerações de arquiteturas de modelos de capacidade de processo (estagiada fixa, contínua fechada e contínua aberta). É proposta uma engenharia de processo, de software e de qualquer outro trabalho humano intensivo em conhecimento, dirigida por perfis de capacidade de processo. É desenvolvida uma abordagem exemplo dessa engenharia com um conjunto de propriedades, um modelo unificado, um ciclo de melhoria e um conjunto de medições, bem como um método para o estabelecimento de perfis de capacidade de processo. As propostas são validadas com análises, aplicações práticas e uma agenda de pesquisa / Abstract: Software process improvement based on the staged architecture¿s fixed maturity levels of SWCMM and CMMI models do not support the diversity of software intensive organizations context and strategic objectives. This research evolves the current process improvement area taking advantage of the flexibility of ISO/IEC 15504 continuous architecture towards a better alignment between an improvement with each organization¿s specific context and strategic objectives, especially of micro and small ones. Three generations of architectures for process capability models (fixed staged, closed continuous, open continuous) are identified. A process capability profile driven, software and any other knowledge intensive human work, process engineering is proposed. An exemplar approach for this engineering is developed, with a set of properties, a unified model, an improvement cycle and a measurement set, as well as a method for establishing process capability profile. These proposals are validated by analyses, practical applications and a research agenda / Doutorado / Engenharia de Computação / Doutor em Engenharia Elétrica

Orientadores: Rubens Maciel Filho, Marcelo de Carvalho Reis / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Quimica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-09T16:16:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Silva_JorgeVicenteLopesda_D.pdf: 2220964 bytes, checksum: ee65ed039527559f9cf092c3f17a0a31 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Resumo: Laboratórios de pesquisa universitários são ambientes únicos com intensas atividades do conhecimento. Porém, não é raro verificar uma falta de organização sistemática de seus processos de gestão e a integração satisfatória de estratégias, missão, pessoal, infra-estrutura e atividades do conhecimento. Esta tese discute as motivações, necessidades e propõe um modelo de capacidade para a gestão estratégica desse ambiente. O modelo tem por objetivo auxiliar na avaliação e melhoria da capacidade de seus processos e servir como referência na gestão de laboratórios. O modelo é composto de 17 processos divididos em quatro grupos: gestão estratégica, infra-estrutura, gestão do conhecimento, e gestão de pessoal e cultura. Cada processo individualmente é composto de resultados, práticas base e artefatos. Os processos foram criados a partir de levantamento em quatro laboratórios de pesquisa e da literatura em gestão da pesquisa, gestão do conhecimento, modelos para gestão organizacional e modelos de capacidade de processo. O modelo é aderente às especificações da recente norma ISO/IEC 15504 para criação de modelos de capacidade de processo preenchendo uma lacuna na área de modelos de gestão de pesquisa. Cada processo pode ser avaliado individualmente segundo níveis de capacidade (incompleto, executado, gerenciado, estabelecido, previsível, em otimização) de acordo com atributos atendidos. A proposta está em linha com a tendência mundial de estabelecimento de modelos de capacidade de processos para vários domínios do conhecimento. O modelo foi validado em duas diferentes comunidades de gestores de pesquisa: os gestores de pesquisa e os gestores de pesquisa com experiência em melhoria de processos. A proposta atende aos requisitos de que é possível um modelo de capacidade de processos para a melhoria e avaliação dos processos mais relevantes nos laboratórios universitários. A sua contribuição se dá como uma ferramenta auxiliar na gestão estratégica da pesquisa universitária. Como trabalhos decorrentes, há espaço para que esse seja aprimorado com o seu uso mais intenso e às condições, tamanho e foco de cada laboratório ou domínio de atuação / Abstract: University Research Laboratory (URLab) is a unique environment that performs knowledge-intensive activities. It is the live cell of research in the university environment. However, it is not rare to observe a lack of systematic organization in its management processes to consider a satisfactory integrated vision associating the strategy, mission, people, culture, infrastructure, and mainly knowledge actions. This thesis discusses the motivations, necessities and the basis of a framework for the strategic management of this environment. The proposed framework intends to assist URLabs to place its strategic management into a higher level of maturity. It is a set of 17 individual processes sorted in four main groups to know: strategic management, infrastructure management, knowledge management, and people and culture. Each individual process includes a scope, outcomes, basic practices, and work products. The framework considers the best practices investigated in some URLabs and the technical and scientific literature on knowledge management, research management, organizational management, and capability models. Each process can be placed in one of the five different hierarchical capability level (incomplete, performed, managed, established, predictable and optimizing), according to attributes fulfilled. The proposed framework uses the architecture and some of the most generic processes of the ISO/IEC 15504-5 International Standard as a reference. The ISO/IEC recently published this suite of standards, composed of five parts that provide definitions and requirements to create capability models. Nowadays, there is a tendency to spread the use of process capability assessment and improvement frameworks for different domains of the knowledge. Therefore, the framework for URLabs is in line with the tenor on process capability models. Two different communities validated the framework: the community of managers of research and the community of researchers with experience in process improvement. This framework intends to be useful as a reference to assess and improve strategic management in URLabs. It can also be useful for funding agencies as a formal mechanism to decide on grants for research, based on the URLabs' management capability profile. It is an open proposal that can be adapted and improved for different classes of URLabs in terms of size, focus, and culture / Doutorado / Desenvolvimento de Processos Químicos / Doutor em Engenharia Química

The thesis deals with the evaluation of IT processes maturity. In the theoretical part, management of information technologies and methods of assessment in the organization are described. Four methods are selected and used for the maturity assessment of the Release Management process in Česká pojišťovna a.s. In the practical section, a questionnaire is evaluated and the Release Management process maturity level is set. The main objective of this thesis is to evaluate maturity of Release Management process and suggest possible improvements. The objective was achieved through the completed questionnaires of Česká pojišťovna a.s. employees and subsequent consultations with the process owner. The thesis consists of six parts. The first chapter deals with the management of information technology in an organization. The second chapter is devoted to the evaluation of process maturity and description of the selected methods of maturity evaluation. The third chapter maps processes according to ITIL, Cobit 4.1 Cobit 5 and provide their introduction. The fourth chapter introduce the organization of Česká pojišťovna a.s.. The fifth chapter describes the specific process Migrating applications in the Česká pojišťovna a.s.. The sixth chapter focuses on the actual comparison of individual methods of evaluating and interpretation of the results.

The paper examines the characteristics of quality management, business process management and process maturity models. Presents a prototype of web-based tool to support the implementation of CMMI for Services, its concept, implementation and application in the selected company. It analyzes the main activities of the company and suggests improvements in accordance with the CMMI model.