Tuesday 24 October, 9:00-12:30
Tutorial 2: Software Process Improvement for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs): Experiences in the ISA-EUNET Project
Jos Trienekens, TU Eindhoven and KEMA (NL); Erwin Schoitsch, ARCS (A)

Over the last few years many SMEs have made their first steps regarding the improvement of software processes. In this tutorial the partners of the Isa-Eunet project will present recently developed approaches for SPI in SMEs and will report on relevant experiences from successful SPI-projects in real-life business situations. A particular emphasis will be given to the subject of how to start measurement in SMEs to determine the effectiveness of SPI-activities. The development of small and practical measurement programs on the basis of the well-known Goal Question Metric approach will be addressed. Further also methods on tutoring and mentoring SPI in SMEs will be presented.

The tutorial will be given by dr.ir. Jos Trienekens c.s. and Dipl.-Ing. Erwin Schoitsch and is based on experiences in the Isa-Eunet project. Isa-Eunet is a high-tech software EUropean lean NETwork of experts in Safety Applications to support directly SMEs at regional level. The tutors are active in the field of software process improvement regarding the development of intensive software systems for safety applications.