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The impact of situational context on software process: a case study of a very small-sized company in the online advertising domain

Giray, Görkem orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-7023-9469, Yilmaz, Murat orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-2446-3224, O'Connor, Rory orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-9253-0313 and Clarke, Paul orcid logoORCID: 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

Abstract
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.
Metadata
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
Subjects:UNSPECIFIED
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing > School of Computing
Research Initiatives and Centres > Lero: The Irish Software Engineering Research Centre
Published in: 25th European Conference, EuroSPI 2018. Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) 896. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-97924-3
Publisher:Springer
Official URL:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97925-0_3
Copyright Information:© 2021 The Authors.
ID Code:29093
Deposited On:26 Sep 2023 14:53 by Thomas Murtagh . Last Modified 28 Nov 2023 12:29
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