Characteristics of process improvement of hardware-related SW
2002
High-speed digital signal processing requires sophisticated solutions for both software and hardware. Enabling software support and control over hardware functionality is a problem that will be emphasised as systems become more complex. Developing hardware-bound software is not, however, application development, and the related requirements cannot be covered in full by traditional software development processes. This paper describes experiences from the development of hardware-related software development processes at Nokia Networks. As most important characteristics of hardware-related software development, hard real-time requirements, experimental nature of work, documentation requirements, and the role of testing are presented. Characteristics of software process improvement in a hardware-dependent software environment are reported. As a result, a current-state analysis of hardware-related software development was made. Better understanding of the development processes was gained, facilitating further process improvement activities.
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- Software peer review
- Social software engineering
- Software construction
- Software Engineering Process Group
- Package development process
- Software design description
- Software development
- Computer science
- Goal-Driven Software Development Process
- Computer hardware
- Personal software process
- Software development process
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