The PROFES methodology guides the user to an effective application of the most innovative improvement approaches, like BOOTSTRAP assessment, the Goal-Questions-Metrics paradigm and Experience factory, that are widely adopted by leading-edge industry in the USA and in Europe. The methodology is an embedded systems specific approach driven by product quality improvement.
Target markets :
The PROFES project and consortium address the market of organisations developing embedded software systems, in various sectors like telecommunication, medical systems, retailing systems and avionics.
Technologies:
The PROFES project will develop an integrated approach to software process assessment, product and process modelling, goal-oriented measurements and experience factory.
The PROFES project achieves its objective through the following exploitable results:
- the PROFES methodology handbook, which includes:
- guidelines to software process and product relationships,
- support for an integrated use of software process assessment, product and process modelling, goal-oriented measurements and experience factory
- guidelines to business impact modelling
- tools to support the PROFES methodology
- presentation and training material
- packaged experience, including results from the PROFES application experiments.