@inbook {553, title = {GQM+Strategies and IDEAL: A Combination of Approaches to Achieve Continuous SPI}, booktitle = {Product-Focused Software Process Improvement }, volume = {10027}, year = {2016}, pages = {311{\textendash}326}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, organization = {Springer International Publishing}, address = {Cham}, abstract = {

GQM+Strategies is an approach that aligns the business goals at each level of an organization to strategies and assesses the achievement of goals. The IDEAL model is an organizational improvement model. In this paper, we present our experiences applying the IDEAL model and GQM+Strategies to conduct continuous software process improvement (SPI) and establish a measurement program in a large multi-industry state-owned company. Our goal is to provide evidence of the use of these methods and models in such complex scenarios. The motivation for this paper was the lack of {\textquotedblleft}from the trenches{\textquotedblright} perspectives on SPI in this kind of contexts. The main challenges faced during the experiences reported in this paper include: rigid control structures used to manage and monitor IT investment, inadequate or incomplete use of other measurement methods, and lack of continuous improvement culture (due to many years in a monopolistic industry). Moreover, we present ways in which we combined GQM+Strategies and the IDEAL model to deploy a continuous process improvement program in a context of limited resources and serious business threats, and to convince the company employees of the need for process improvement.

}, keywords = {Experience report, GQM+Strategies, IDEAL model, Large multi-industry state-owned company, Measurement, Software engineering, software process improvement}, isbn = {978-3-319-49094-6}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-49094-6_20}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49094-6_20}, author = {L{\'o}pez, Gustavo and Pacheco, Alexia and Cocozza, Francisco and Garbanzo, Diana and Aymerich, Brenda and Mar{\'\i}n, Gabriela}, editor = {Abrahamsson, Pekka and Jedlitschka, Andreas and Nguyen Duc, Anh and Felderer, Michael and Amasaki, Sousuke and Mikkonen, Tommi} } @article {465, title = {Trends in Empirical Research: The Report on the 2014 Doctoral Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering}, journal = {ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes}, volume = {40}, year = {2015}, pages = {30{\textendash}35}, abstract = {

The 12th Doctoral Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering (IDOESE), was organized as a full day event prior to the ACM / IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM) program. Seven PhD candidates came from different research institutes across the globe to present their research proposals at the symposium. The symposium was run in a lively and interactive manner. The candidates received constructive feedback on their proposals from all the symposium participants. In this report, we describe the presented proposals, focusing on the content and feedback. Through them, we can take a peek at the trends and emerging areas of empirical software engineering research.

}, keywords = {Diffusion of Innovations, Distributed Experiments, Empirical Software Engineering, Measurement, Software Inspection, Technology}, issn = {0163-5948}, doi = {10.1145/2815021.2815034}, url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2815021.2815034}, author = {Falessi, Davide and Codabux, Zadia and Rong, Guoping and Stamelos, Ioannis and Ferreira, Waldemar and Wiese, Igor Scaliante and Barreiros, Emanoel and Quesada-L{\'o}pez, Christian and Tsirakidis, Periklis} }