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Software process improvement (SPI) is a field of research and practice focused on improving the practice of software engineering by frequently introducing new methods and technical tools attuned to the managerial and process-oriented aspects of software development. Social networks play a key role in the adoption and diffusion of software process improvement as a networked technology. This panel addressed actual examples of SPI networks and identified key characteristics of and roles in these emergent networks.
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Kautz, K., Levine, L., Hefley, B., Johansen, J., Kristensen, C.H., Nielsen, P.A. (2004). Networked Technologies — The Role of Networks in the Diffusion and Adoption of Software Process Improvement (SPI) Approaches. In: Damsgaard, J., Henriksen, H.Z. (eds) Networked Information Technologies. TDIT 2003. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, vol 138. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-7862-5_13
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