De-motivators of software process improvement: An analysis of Vietnamese practitioners' views

  • Mahmood Niazi*
  • , Muhammad Ali Babar
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We have conducted face-to-face questionnaire based survey sessions with twenty-three Vietnamese software practitioners in order to determine software process improvement (SPI) de-motivators. The main objective of this study is to provide SPI practitioners with some insight into designing appropriate SPI implementation strategies and to maximize practitioners support for SPI. We asked practitioners to choose and rank various SPI de-motivator against the five types of assessments (high, medium, low, zero or do not know). From this, we propose the notion of 'perceived value' associated with each SPI de-motivator. We have identified 'high' and 'medium' perceived values demotivators that can undermine SPI initiatives. We have identified what demotivates developers and managers to be actively involved in SPI initiatives. We have also identified SPI de-motivators of small-medium and large sized organisations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProduct-Focused Software Process Improvement - 8th International Conference, PROFES 2007, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages118-131
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)3540734597, 9783540734598
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume4589 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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