Comparative Analysis of Process Models in Software Engineering

Software systems pass through a series of passages that account for their inception, initial development, productive operation, upkeep, and retirement from one generation to another. Software Process Improvement (SPI) is a systematic approach to improve the software development organization’s ability to deliver quality software within time and budget constraints. The aim of this paper is to develop a model which would be useful in practice for software development companies. The proposed model is a generic model which is beneficial for a small firm as well as a large firm. This proposed model does not focus only on quality assurance but also the culture of the organization. It describes how this model can be used to guide software organizations in process improvement, and the various assessment and evaluation methods.