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The Rosetta Stone Methodology – A Benefits Driven Approach to Software Process Improvement

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Product-Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES 2010)

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In response to the lack of a business-focused approach to software process improvement (SPI), the Rosetta Stone objective-driven SPI Methodology (RSM) has been developed which allows organizations to undertake SPI based on business-driven objectives using proven SPI methodologies. To demonstrate usefulness and practicality, the Rosetta Stone IGSI-ISM to CMMI Instance mapping (RS-ICMMI) is developed using a generic set of business objectives which are mapped to the CMMI (Staged) model using a modified version of GQM. This methodology and the RS-ICMMI instance have been validated by experts.

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    Fionbarr McLoughlin & Ita Richardson

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  1. Software Development Group, IT University of Copenhagen, Rued Langgaards Vej 7, 2300, Copenhagen, Denmark

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  2. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Kaitoväylä 1, 90570, Oulu, Finland

    Matias Vierimaa

  3. Department of Information Processing Science, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 3000, 90014, Oulu, Finland

    Markku Oivo

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McLoughlin, F., Richardson, I. (2010). The Rosetta Stone Methodology – A Benefits Driven Approach to Software Process Improvement. In: Ali Babar, M., Vierimaa, M., Oivo, M. (eds) Product-Focused Software Process Improvement. PROFES 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6156. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13792-1_28

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