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Using Process Tailoring to Manage Software Development Challenges
July/August 2008 (vol. 10 no. 4)
pp. 39-45
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Peng Xu, Balasubramaniam Ramesh, "Using Process Tailoring to Manage Software Development Challenges," IT Professional, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 39-45, July/August, 2008.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MITP.2008.81,
author = {Peng Xu and Balasubramaniam Ramesh},
title = {Using Process Tailoring to Manage Software Development Challenges},
journal ={IT Professional},
volume = {10},
number = {4},
issn = {1520-9202},
year = {2008},
pages = {39-45},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MITP.2008.81},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - MGZN
JO - IT Professional
TI - Using Process Tailoring to Manage Software Development Challenges
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SN - 1520-9202
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EPD - 39-45
A1 - Peng Xu,
A1 - Balasubramaniam Ramesh,
PY - 2008
KW - software engineering for Internet projects
KW - process definition
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Peng Xu, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Balasubramaniam Ramesh, Georgia State University
To ensure high-quality software processes and leverage best practices, project managers strive to tailor standard processes such as the rational unified process or those developed within their own organizations. Software process tailoring is the activity of tuning a process to meet the needs of a specific project. Despite the critical role that tailoring software processes plays in ensuring project success, few guidelines on it are available for practitioners. The authors conducted an empirical study in two organizations and developed a framework to guide process tailoring.

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Index Terms:
software engineering for Internet projects, process definition, process infrastructure
Citation:
Peng Xu, Balasubramaniam Ramesh, "Using Process Tailoring to Manage Software Development Challenges," IT Professional, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 39-45, July/Aug. 2008, doi:10.1109/MITP.2008.81
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