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SPIRE

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Identification

SPIRE - Software Process Improvement in Regions of Europe

Homepage

http://www.cse.dcu.ie/spire/

Institution

Etnoteam
Centre for Software Engineering Dublin City University Campus, Dublin 9, Ireland
Austrian Research Centers Seibersdorf

SPIRE will generate, analyse and disseminate significant new case study and best practice material, in order to raise awareness of best practice and its benefits among small software developers (SSDs), and to promote their adoption of software process improvement. This will be achieved by using experienced mentors (paid by SPIRE) to guide SSDs through an assessment of needs, the preparation of a sound plan for a cost-effective, small SPI project (funded by SPIRE to a maximum of 15KECU) , implementation of the project, and evaluation of results. The experience gained in the most successful projects will be published as short case studies, aimed at decision makers in SSDs, in 4 languages (German, Italian, English and Swedish). Data from all projects will be gathered in a standardised way, to permit analysis from which valuable lessons regarding best SPI practice for SSDs will be derived and published as a report. The results will be disseminated on paper, electronically and through workshops, both in the 4 participating regions of Ireland, Italy, Austria and Sweden, and throughout Europe. The partners are ARC Seibersdorf (Austria), ETNOTEAM (Italy), IVF (Sweden), CSE (Republic of Ireland), and MARI and SIF (both in Northern Ireland). The project will be co-ordinated with other ESSI proactive dissemination projects DonQ-SPI and LSD, and will feed into the ESSI Best Practice Library, in particular the VASIE2 project.

SPIRE's objectives are to lower the barriers preventing SSDs from successful participation in SPI by:

raising awareness of SPI benefits among decision makers and change agents in SSDs
educating participating SSD managers and staff in practical SPI skills
helping SSDs to maintain momentum in carrying through their improvement plans