Software Process Definition and Management

The concept of processes is at the heart of software and systems engineering. Software process models integrate software engineering methods and techniques and are the basis for managing large-scale software and IT projects. High product quality routinely

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Editorial Board W. Rance Cleaveland II Reinhold E. Achatz Helmut Krcmar

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J€ urgen M€ unch • Ove Armbrust • Martin Kowalczyk • Martı´n Soto

Software Process Definition and Management

Ju¨rgen Mu¨nch University of Helsinki Department of Computer Science Helsinki Finland

Ove Armbrust Alpine Electronics Research of America Torrance, CA USA

Martin Kowalczyk Fraunhofer IESE Kaiserslautern Germany

Martı´n Soto eleven GmbH Berlin Germany

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Foreword

One of the most significant contributions of the agile methods community has been to put to rest the mistaken belief that there could be a one-size-fits-all software process by which all software systems could be developed. The agilists not only produced a family of process models that were clearly different from the traditional single-pass, sequential, requirements-first models, and their attendant baggage, but also they provided evidence of their successful application, often in situations in which the traditional approaches had failed