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Applying Six Sigma in the Field of Software Engineering

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Software Process and Product Measurement (Mensura 2008, MetriKon 2008, IWSM 2008)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNPSE,volume 5338))

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Process improvement in software engineering typically means introducing best practices. However, with increasing maturity of software engineering organizations the focus shifts from introducing industry best practices to optimizing the already implemented procedures and tools. But while in the field of software engineering a lot of best practice material exists, there is no proven and concise methodology for effective optimization.

The situation is similar to the one in the field of manufacturing some decades ago. They created Six Sigma, which is a problem solving and optimization methodology that is widely used today. But there are crucial differences between the disciplines manufacturing and software engineering. Whereas soft-ware artifacts are never developed twice and software processes are executed by humans, manufacturing is mostly machinery driven and usually deals with high quantities of identical output.

We applied Six Sigma in the field of software engineering and obtained promising results.

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  1. Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, Otto-Hahn-Ring 6, 81739, Munich, Germany

    Ralf Russ, Dana Sperling, Frank Rometsch & Peter Louis

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  1. Institute for Distributed Systems, University of Magdeburg, P.O. Box 4120, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany

    Reiner R. Dumke

  2. Fakultät für Informatik, Institut für Verteilte Systeme, AG Softwaretechnik, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany

    René Braungarten

  3. Büren & Partner Software-Design GbR, Nürnberg, Germany

    Günter Büren

  4. Département de génie logiciel et des TI, École de technologie supérieure, Université du Québec, 1100, rue Notre-Dame Ouest, H3C 1K3, Montréal, Québec, Canada

    Alain Abran

  5. University of Alcalá, Autovia A-2 km 33.6, 28871, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain

    Juan J. Cuadrado-Gallego

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Russ, R., Sperling, D., Rometsch, F., Louis, P. (2008). Applying Six Sigma in the Field of Software Engineering. In: Dumke, R.R., Braungarten, R., Büren, G., Abran, A., Cuadrado-Gallego, J.J. (eds) Software Process and Product Measurement. Mensura MetriKon IWSM 2008 2008 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5338. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89403-2_4

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