Product Focused Software Process Improvement: 5th International Conference, PROFES 2004, Kansai Science City, Japan, April 5-8, 2004, Proceedings

Software Process Improvement.- A Model for the Implementation of Software Process Improvement: An Empirical Study.- Does Use of Development Model Affect Estimation Accuracy and Bias?.- Managing Software Process Improvement (SPI) through Statistical Process Control (SPC).- Towards Hypotheses on Creativity in Software Development.- Using Software Inspection as a Catalyst for SPI in a Small Company.- Comparing Global (Multi-site) SPI Program Activities to SPI Program Models.- Starting SPI from Software Configuration Management: A Fast Approach for an Organization to Realize the Benefits of SPI.- Software Quality.- Evaluating the Calmness of Ubiquitous Applications.- Quality Attributes in Mobile Web Application Development.- Introducing Quality System in Small and Medium Enterprises: An Experience Report.- Measurement.- Definition and Empirical Validation of Metrics for Software Process Models.- Multiview Framework for Goal Oriented Measurement Plan Design.- Eliminating Over-Confidence in Software Development Effort Estimates.- Measuring the Object-Oriented Properties in Small Sized C++ Programs - An Empirical Investigation.- Methods and Tools.- An Empirical Investigation on the Impact of Training-by-Examples on Inspection Performance.- Refactoring Support Based on Code Clone Analysis.- Introducing the Next Generation of Software Inspection Tools.- Intelligent Support for Software Release Planning.- Experimental Software Engineering.- An Empirical Evaluation of Predicting Runaway Software Projects Using Bayesian Classification.- Effort Estimation Based on Collaborative Filtering.- Effective Software Project Management Education through Simulation Models: An Externally Replicated Experiment.- Software Engineering Research Strategy: Combining Experimental and Explorative Research (EER).- Industrial Experiences.- Automatic Measurement at Nokia Mobile Phones: A Case of SDL Based Software Development.- Using a Reference Application with Design Patterns to Produce Industrial Software.- Using RUP for Process-Oriented Organisations.- Web-Based System Development: Status in the Norwegian IT Organizations.- Agile Methods.- Achieving CMMI Level 2 with Enhanced Extreme Programming Approach.- Usability Assessment of an Extreme Programming Project: Close Co-operation with the Customer Does Not Equal to Good Usability.- Empirical Evaluation of Agile Software Development: The Controlled Case Study Approach.- Good-Enough Software Process in Nokia.- An Ideal Process Model for Agile Methods.- Experimental Development of a Prototype for Mobile Environmental Information Systems (MEIS).- Software Process Assessment.- Selecting CMMI Appraisal Classes Based on Maturity and Openness.- Combining Capability Assessment and Value Engineering: A BOOTSTRAP Example.- Assessing the State of Software Documentation Practices.- Requirements Engineering.- Requirements Prioritization Challenges in Practice.- A Requirement Elicitation Method in Collaborative Software Development Community.- Development of a Normative Package for Safety-Critical Software Using Formal Regulatory Requirements.- Software Reuse / COTS.- A Study of Developer Attitude to Component Reuse in Three IT Companies.- Managing COTS Components Using a Six Sigma-Based Process.- Using Dynamic Modeling and Simulation to Improve the COTS Software Process.