Understanding the perception of very small software companies towards the adoption of process standards
Basri, Shuib and O'Connor, RoryORCID: 0000-0002-2446-3224
(2010)
Understanding the perception of very small software companies towards the adoption of process standards.
In: 17th European Conference, EuroSPI 2010, 1-3 Sept 2010, Grenoble, France.
ISBN 978-3-642-15666-3
This paper is concerned with understanding the issues that affect the adoption of software process standards by Very Small Entities (VSEs), there needs from process standards and there willingness to engage with the new ISO/IEC 29110 standard in particular. In order to achieve this goal, a series of industry data collection studies were undertaken with a collection of VSEs. A twin track approach of a qualitative data collection (interviews and focus groups) and quantitative data collection (questionnaire), with data analysis being completed separately and finally results merged, using the coding mechanisms of grounded theory. This paper serves as a roadmap for both researchers wishing to understand the issues of process standards adoption by very small companies and also for the software process standards community.