Note: The SEMS research project concluded on 30.4.2004. A summary of SEMS and its results can be found here. Please refer to the pages of SPRG for more information on our upcoming activities.
Date | Event | Material | |
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28.9.2006 | An electronic version of the book "Pacing Software Product Development: ..." published! | ||
1.5.2004 | Everything that has an end provides a new beginning... | (A website for the SHAPE research project will be published shortly after the funding decision by Tekes) | |
28.4.4.2003 14-16 | 3nd (and the last) steering group meeting of the 3rd season @ Soberit | Minutes (upcoming) and material (.zip) | |
22.4.2004 8:30-17 | Final Seminar (Public, free admission for & invited
presentations from partners) Pacing Software Product Development: A Framework and Practical Implementation Guidelines (SEMS Workbook) published |
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19.3.2004 8:30-12:30 + lunch @ SoberIT | SEMS Workshop on Tool Support | Handouts (PDF) [Rusama] [Toivola] | |
9.3.2004 | A position paper on Product Portfolio Management in Small Software Product Businesses submitted to EDSER-6 at ICSE2004 | .pdf (for review purposes only) | |
16.2.2004 | Presentations of the SPRG research group and the SEMS project, plus selected publications from SEMS. | .zip | |
20.1.2004 | A presentation of SEMS and the Cycles of Control at seminar on Software Process Management - Methods and Experiences (organised by Turku Centre for Computer Science) (Vähäniitty) | Presentation handouts (PDF, 2 per page -version) | |
13.1.2004 @ Sjökulla 14- ~20 | Workbook Q&A-session & experience exchange event for partners (incl. sauna & dinner) | Driving instructions (see bottom of the page) and a map | |
23.12.2003 | A version of the SEMS Workbook published for review | .zip | |
17.12.2003 14-16 | 2nd steering group meeting of the 3rd season @ Soberit | Minutes and material (.zip) | |
12.12.2003 | A version of the SEMS Workbook published for review | (see the latest version above) | |
21.11.2003 | SEMS Workshop on Software Product Evolution Challenges & Best Practices and Pair Programming | Slides
Evo1,
Evo2, PP
(pdf) Papers Evo, pp1, pp2 |
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20.11.2003 | A presentation of the SEMS project and selected results at Kuopio University (Vähäniitty) | Slides (PDF) | |
30.9.2003 |
Presentation
of Smartner's process paper at ISESE-2003 |
Slides (PDF) |
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26.9.2003 | Fast track conference paper at 19th ICSM "A Taxonomy and an Initial Empirical Study of Bad Smells in Code" (Mäntylä, Fast-track session) Presentation (PDF) | Click on the titles for the papers and presentation slides (in PDF - email if interested in the .ppt versions). | |
26.9.2003 | A 20-page draft of the Cycles of Control, submitted for review to "Agile Engineering Techniques: A Resource Book for Increasing the Level of Agility in Software Development" | ||
24.9.2003 14-16 | 1st steering group meeting of the 3rd season @ Soberit | Minutes and material (.zip) | |
14.9.2003 | Final report of the 2nd project season (3/2002-4/2003) | ||
5. & 6.9.2003 | Conference paper, workshop
paper & two presentations at EuroMicro-29:
"Key Decisions in Strategic New Product Development for Small Software Product Businesses" (Vähäniitty, Software Process and Product Improvement track). Presentation (PDF). "Business-driven New Product Development Process Improvement in Small Software Product Businesses - Theory and a Research Application" (Vähäniitty, work-in-progress session). Presentation (PDF) |
Click on the titles for the
papers and presentation slides (in PDF - email if interested in
the .ppt versions).
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29.7.2003 |
Presentation on agile
testing in Test Summit
2003, Savonlinna |
Slides |
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10.7.2003 | Vähäniitty accepted to 13th European Doctoral Summer School in Technology Management (23.-31.8.2003) | Accepted research plan, presentation & other material of interest TBD in 9/2003 | |
10.7.2003 |
Final
submission of "An Experience in Combining Flexibility and
Control
in a Small Company’s Software Product Development Process" (Rautiainen,
Vuornos, Lassenius) to ISESE 2003 |
Final submission (pdf) | |
30.6.2003 | Workshop Paper accepted to EuroMicro-29 Work-in-Progress session | ||
6.6.2003 | SEMS QA-Workshop, part 1: "Testing in agile software development" | Assignment Workshop slides: |
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1.6.2003 | Final submission of "Improving the Interface Between Business and Product Development Processes Using the Cycles of Control Framework" (Vanhanen, Itkonen, P.Sulonen) to Agile Software Development 2003 | ||
27.5.2003 | Experience report presentation at XP2003: "Practical Experiences of Agility in the Telecom Industry" (Vanhanen, Jartti, Kähkönen) |
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19.5.2003 | Bad Smells in Software - A Taxonomy and an Empirical Study | Master's Thesis | |
16.5.2003 | Conference paper accepted to ICSM 2003: "Taxonomy and an Initial Empirical Study of Bad Smells" (Mäntylä, Vanhanen, Lassenius) | (Final submission being written) | |
4.5.2003 | Conference paper accepted to EuroMicro-29 | See 9/2003 for the material | |
22.5.2003 | Public seminar on "Tuoteperheiden hallinnan ja konfiguroinnin uusimmat menetelmät" by SoberIT's Wecotin and Sarcous projects - free admission arranged for SEMS partners! | Invitation and (slides, for partners only, TBD) |
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24.4.2003 | |
Seminar programme | |
9.4.2003 | 3rd steering group meeting of the 2nd project year 14-16 @ Soberit | Material and minutes | |
1.4.2003 | 3rd project season starts | ||
29.3.2003 | Conference paper: "An Experience in Integrating
Strategic Product Planning and Agile Software Development Practices". Submitted for review to ISESE-2003 |
Paper (for review purposes only) | |
25.3.2003 | Experience report accepted to Agile Software Development 2003: "An Implementation of the Cycles of Control Framework using Ideas from SCRUM and XP". | Accepted version (for review purposes only) | |
19.3.2003 | Experience exchange workshop / Key Product Strategy Decision Areas (a.k.a "SEMS Workshop") | Presentation
materials in PDF. Analysed feedback will be posted here soon. |
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17.3.2003 | SEMS publicity: An article about SEMS on the SWBusiness web site | Link to the article | |
10.3.2003 | Conference paper on Key Product Strategy Decision Areas for Small Software Product Businesses submitted for review to EuroMicro-29. | Paper (for review purposes only) | |
1.3.2003 | Experience report accepted to XP2003: "Practical Experiences of Agility in the Telecom Industry" (Vanhanen, Jartti, Kähkönen) | Paper (final version) | |
1.3.2003 | Conference Paper: "Taxonomy and an Initial Empirical
Study of Bad Smells". Submitted for review to ICSM 2003 |
Paper (for review purposes only) | |
18.2.2003 | Assignment for the upcoming Workshop released to partner companies | Assignment | |
28.1.2003 | Table of Contents for the SEMS Workbook | Table of Contents | |
15.1.2003 | 3rd steering group meeting | Presentation material and meeting minutes | |
15.1.2003 | Product Strategy Decisions in Small Software Product Businesses - a Framework and Experiences | Master's Thesis | |
8.1.2003 | HICSS-36 conference presentation on "Increasing Understanding of the Modern Testing Perspective in Software Product Development Projects" | Presentation and paper | |
28.11.2002 | Expert seminar: Ketteryyttä ohjelmistotuotantoon - parhaat ratkaisumallit ja niiden soveltaminen by Pekka Abrahamsson | Abrahamsson (book), Rautiainen,Vanhanen | |
16.10.2002 | SEMS-mid-term review and presentation of the 2nd year deliverables so far + special evening programme at SoberIT | All material | |
18.9.2002 | 2nd steering group meeting | Material and minutes | |
29.8.2002 | Seminar on agile methodologies | Slides (overview,testing, agile) | |
8-9/2002 | Current state review at selected partner companies | ||
7.8.2002 | ViCA 1.3 release | Zip | |
1.7.2002 | Test Planning in a Small Software Product Company research plan | Plan | |
6/2002 | Approach to software product evolution - case work at selected companies on code quality | Plan (26.6.02) | |
18.6.2002 | Improving Software Development Process in Small High-tech Companies: Case Smartner Information Systems Ltd. released | Master's Thesis | |
17.6.2002 | Training material on Software Configuration Management | Slides | |
17.6.2002 | Training material on Software Quality Assurance and Testing | Slides | |
14.6.2002 | SEMS Assessment Model for SME Software Product Companies | Working paper (v. 0.1) | |
12.6.2002 | QConn-7 conference presentation An Approach to Product Roadmapping in Small Software Product Businesses | All materials | |
8.6.2002 | Conference paper on Increasing Understanding of the Modern Testing Perspective in Software Product Development Projects submitted to HICSS-36 | Submitted version (for review purposes only, do not cite) | |
1.6.2002 | Publication of 4CC: A Framework for Managing Software Product Development in Engineering Management Journal | Published version | |
4-6/2002 | Study on Agile methodologies | Report (confidential) | |
29.5.2002 | 1st steering group meeting | Material,minutes, slides | |
4-6/2002 | Case work on product and release planning at selected partner companies | Described in plan for MSc. Thesis, draft | |
17.5.2002 | Expert seminar by Suzanne Robertson: connecting requirements and SW engineering | Details and Program | |
5/2002 | Process review at QPR | (confidential) | |
22.4.2002 | SEMS-kickoff and seminar on the results of the current state analysis | Slides | |
4/2002 | Current state review at partner companies | Research plan | |
3.4.2002 |
A presentation for the SPIN project review. |
Slides | |
3/2002 | Study on improving software effort estimation in a small software development company begins | Research plan | |
8.1.2002 | HICSS-35 conference presentation on the 4CC framework | Slides, paper |
= material is available only to our partners
Here is the list of tasks and deliverables for the 1st project year (1.7.2000-31.1.2001).