This book focuses on the design development management governance and application of
evolving software processes that are aligned with changing business objectives such as
expansion to new domains or shifting to global production. In the context of an evolving
business world it examines the complete software process lifecycle from the initial
definition of a product to its systematic improvement. In doing so it addresses difficult
problems such as how to implement processes in highly regulated domains or where to find a
suitable notation system for documenting processes and provides essential insights and tips to
help readers manage process evolutions. And last but not least it provides a wealth of
examples and cases on how to deal with software evolution in practice.Reflecting these topics
the book is divided into three parts. Part 1 focuses on software business transformation and
addresses the questions of which process(es) to use and adapt and how to organize process
improvement programs. Subsequently Part 2 mainly addresses process modeling. Lastly Part 3
collects concrete approaches experiences and recommendations that can help to improve
software processes with a particular focus on specific lifecycle phases.This book is aimed at
anyone interested in understanding and optimizing software development tasks at their
organization. While the experiences and ideas presented will be useful for both those readers
who are unfamiliar with software process improvement and want to get an overview of the
different aspects of the topic and for those who are experts with many years of experience it
particularly targets the needs of researchers and Ph.D. students in the area of software and
systems engineering or information systems who study advanced topics concerning the
organization and management of (software development) projects and process improvements
projects.
