Software Process Improvement and Management : Approaches and Tools for Practical Development

Over the past decade, there has been an increase in attention and focus on the discipline of software engineering. Software engineering tools and techniques have been developed to gain more predictable quality improvement results. Process standards such as Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI), ISO 9000, Software Process Improvement and Capability dEtermination (SPICE), Agile Methodologies, and others have been proposed to assist organizations to achieve more predictable results by incorporating these proven standards and procedures into their software process. Software Process Improvement and Management: Approaches and Tools for Practical Development offers the latest research and case studies on software engineering and development. The production of new process standards assist organizations and software engineers in adding a measure of predictability to the software process. Companies can gain a decisive competitive advantage by applying these new and theoretical methodologies in real-world scenarios. Researchers, scholars, practitioners, students, and anyone interested in the field of software development and design should access this book as a major compendium of the latest research in the field.

Shukor Sanim Mohamed Fauzi serves as a Senior Lecturer at Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. He received his Bachelor Science (Hons) specializing in Information Systems Engineering from the Universiti Teknologi Mara and Master of Science (Computer Science - Real time Software Engineering) from the Centre for Advanced Software Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. His research interests are in empirical software engineering, mining software repository, software configuration management, social network analysis, computer supportive collaborative work and software process. He has authored and presented more than 40 papers in International and National conferences, journals and book chapters and won several medals at national and international exhibition. In professional activity, he has involved in Technical Committee Software Engineering for Standard and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia, a member of Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN) MSC Malaysia, Malaysia Software Engineering Interest Group (MySEIG), IEEE, ACM and also IAENG. He also is a reviewer for several journals and committee member for international conferences.

Mohd Hairul Nizam Md Nasir received his Bachelor of Computer Science (Hons.) specializing in Software Engineering and Master's of Computer Science from University of Malaya in 2003 and 2005, respectively. He is currently serving as a Lecturer in the Department of Software Engineering, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya. His area of specialization includes software process, software process improvement, project management, radio frequency identification, object oriented design and development, accessibility and computing. He is also a member of IEEE Computer Society and Association for Computing Machinery, technical council of software engineering, technical committee on internet and technical committee on electronic commerce. As an active researcher, he has run several research projects and produced significant research output. He has published more than 60 scientific publications and won several medals at national and international exhibition.

Nuraminah Ramli is a Lecturer at Sultan Idris Education University, Malaysia. She has Master of Sc (Comp. Sc-Real Time Software Engineering) from the Centre for Advance Software Engineering, University of Technology Malaysia. She also has a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, majoring in Software Engineering from the University of Putra Malaysia. Because of her interest in Software Process Improvement (SPI), she has pursued further research on the area.

Professor Dr. Shamsul Sahibuddin is a dean of Advanced Informatics School, University Technology Malaysia. He received his BSc in computer science fromWestern Michigan University, USA, MSc in computer science from Central Michigan University, USA and PhD in computer science from Aston University,Birmingham, UK. He is member of the program committee for Asia-Pacific Conference in Software Engineering since 2003. His fields of specialization are computer supported cooperative work, computer network and software quality. He is a member of ACM.