Product Driven Process Improvement PROFES Experiences at Dräger
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The paper describes the experiences of Dräger Medical Technology in the ESPRIT project PROFES (PROduct Focussed improvement For Embedded Software processes). Dräger has participated as an application provider (industry partner) in the PROFES project and has implemented a software process improvement programme with the goal to improve product quality in the main areas of product reliability, fitness for use, and predictability of quality, time and cost. The paper describes the improvement programme from goal setting, via implementation of process changes, to evaluation of the results. The methods used in the improvement programme are goal oriented measurement (GQM) and software process assessment (BOOTSTRAP). Dräger has realised a tremendous improvement in process maturity through the course of the PROFES project (from Bootstrap level 1.50 to 2.75 in less than one and a half year). The paper will address the environmental factors that have facilitated this outstanding improvement in such a short time. The paper will focus on hands-on experience with the PROFES method in an industry partner and will, as such, have a significant contribution to the exploitation of the PROFES method in the industry.
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