Agile estimation techniques and innovative approaches to software process improvement / Ricardo Colomo-Palacios, Jose Antonio Calvo-Manzano Villal├│n, Antonio de Amescua Seco, and Tomas San Feliu Gilabert

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Process and productivity improvement in agile software development with process libraries: case study -- Technique for risk identification of software acquisition and information technologies -- Assessing modularity in Java programs -- Estimating methods for small teams -- Adapting agile practices to mobile apps development -- The influence of personality traits on software engineering and its applications -- Preventing the increasing resistance to change through a multi-model environment as a reference model in software process improvement -- Some key topics to be considered in software process improvement -- Managing tacit knowledge to improve software processes -- Towards knowledge management to support decision making for software process development -- Software process improvement in small organizations: a knowledge-management perspective -- On software architecture processes and their use in practice -- A method to design a software process architecture in a multi-model environment: an overview -- A successful case of software process improvement program implementation -- A brief overview of software process models: benefits, limitations, and application in practice -- Learning to innovate: methodologies, tools, and skills for software process improvement in Spain -- Social network analysis for processes improvement in teams -- Cloud computing decisions in real enterprises.

This book reviews current SPI techniques and applications through discussions on current and future trends as well as the presentation of case studies on SPI implementation.