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A survey on business processes management suites
Over the last decade, processes have become an important asset for daily life in organizations because an adequate Business Processes Management (BPM) of an organization (e.g. software development companies) can help achieve organizational objectives. Especially, it is important to efficiently manage these processes vital for the organizational performance in order to continually improve, therefore increasing productivity and competitiveness within the organization (e.g. software processes in software companies). This management is associated with the process lifecycle and, at present, there are many tools (Business Process Management Suites, BPMS) for managing this lifecycle. However, all BPMSs do not provide full support for this lifecycle what makes it more difficult to choose the right BPMS (according to the needs of the organization). This paper presents a survey on BPMS highlighting each phase of the process lifecycle what enables organizations to compare specific BPMS according to their own organizational objectives. This survey has been carried out using a methodology that combines systematic literature review with quality models. This methodology has been used successfully in other contexts. Finally, this paper also describes how this survey has been instantiated on specific open source BPMSs.Ministerio de EconomĂa y competitividad TIN2013-46928-C3-3-RMinisterio de EconomĂa y Competitividad TIN2015- 71938-RED
Early Phase Cost Models for Agile Software Processes in the US DoD
The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ESEM.2017.10Background: Software effort estimates are necessary
and critical at an early phase for decision makers to establish
initial budgets, and in a government context to select the most
competitive bidder for a contract. The challenge is that estimated
software requirements is the only size information available at
this stage, compounded with the newly increasing adoption of
agile processes in the US DoD.
Aims: The objectives are to improve cost estimation by investigating
available sizing measures, and providing practical effort
estimation models for agile software development projects during
the contract bidding phase or earlier.
Method: The analysis explores the effects of independent variables
for product size, peak staff, and domain on effort. The empirical
data for model calibration is from 20 industrial projects completed
recently for the US DoD, among a larger dataset of recent
projects using other lifecycle processes.
Results: Statistical results showed that initial software requirements
is a valid size metric for estimating agile software development
effort. Prediction accuracy improves when peak staff and
domain are added as inputs to the cost models.
Conclusion: These models may be used for estimates of agile
projects, and evaluating software development contract cost
proposals with inputs available during the bidding phase or
earlier
Eco Global Evaluation: Cross Benefits of Economic and Ecological Evaluation
This paper highlights the complementarities of cost and environmental evaluation in a sustainable approach. Starting with the needs and limits for whole product lifecycle evaluation, this paper begins with the modeling, data capture and performance indicator aspects. In a second step, the information issue, regarding the whole lifecycle of the product is addressed. In order to go further than the economical evaluations/assessment, the value concept (for a product or a service) is discussed. Value could combine functional requirements, cost objectives and environmental impact. Finally, knowledge issues which address the complexity of integrating multi-disciplinary expertise to the whole lifecycle of a product are discussing.EcoSD NetworkEcoSD networ
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