The impact of situational context on software process: a case study of a very small-sized company in the online advertising domain
Giray, GörkemORCID: 0000-0002-7023-9469, Yilmaz, MuratORCID: 0000-0002-2446-3224, O'Connor, RoryORCID: 0000-0001-9253-0313 and Clarke, PaulORCID: 0000-0002-4487-627X
(2018)
The impact of situational context on software process: a case study of a very small-sized company in the online advertising domain.
In: 25th European Conference on Software Process Improvement, 5-7 Sept 2018, Bilbao, Spain.
ISBN 978-3-319-97924-3
A primary concern of software development is selecting a suitable methodology to implement a software project. However, this selection is affected by many factors, with evidence suggesting that a specific set of factors defines a specific situational context for a project. This situational context leads to a project-specific software process. In this paper, we report on our analysis of a very small-sized company’s current software process based on a reference framework that identifies the factors of a situational context. The outcome of our case study confirms the earlier findings that a software process is highly dependent on situational factors. The company has a suitable situational context (such as very small-sized, experienced, skilled, cohesive team with low turnover) to apply agile practices and its software process is more close to an agile rather than plan-driven approach. Moreover, the company is continuously adopting its software process to the situational factors changing from project to project and over time.
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Item Type:
Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Event Type:
Conference
Refereed:
Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:
Software process; Software development process; Situational context;
Situational factor; Process selection; Process tailoring