A Framework for Comparing Software Processes off the Shelf (SPOTS)
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چکیده
A Software-Process-Off-The-Shelf (SPOTS) is a software process which can be bought and used in a software developing organization. Choosing the SPOTS that fulfills the needs of an organization is a difficult task and errors may have serious and expensive consequences. This paper introduces the concept of SPOTS, discusses the problem of their choice and provides the requirements and the general structure of a framework for describing SPOTSs in the perspective of their comparison. In particular, the paper discusses how Process Modeling Languages play an important role in the building of a framework for SPOTS comparison.
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