Objective Component Based development (CBD) is a key for improving time-to-market, productivity, quality and re-use in software development. OOSPICE focuses on the processes, technology and quality in software development using component-based development (CBD). Based on principles of empirical software engineering it combines in innovative way four major concepts: CBD, object-orientated development, process assessment and software process improvement. Its main objectives are therefore a unified CBD process metamodel, a CBD assessment methodology, delivering component-provider capability profiles, a new CBD methodology and extensions to the ISO 15504 process assessment standard. The project involves pre-eminent world experts. It will help to a foundation of a component market for enabling Europe, also its SME's, to better compete globally.Work description:A 'CBD Process Model' will be defined, broad enough to accommodate differing CBD techniques used in both commercial and public procurement. It will be based on the partner's own experience, the experience of the user partners in the project, as well through extracting from existing best practices, tools, and approaches those elements which are common and widely used. The 'Assessment Model' will expand the reference model by adding the definition and use of indicators of process performance and process capability. The indicator set will define the practices, generic work products and their characteristics that will be used as a basis for assessing the processes and their capability. The result of an assessment will be a profile of processes where each major process within CBD is evaluated and ranked according to its maturity, providing benchmarks for identifying and monitoring improvements. A 'Generalised Assessment Method' will be defined which will establish the assessment process, its inputs, outputs and the way of data collection. A 'Questionnaire Tool' will be developed that will be used for data entry of assessment information. The cumulative data will be used to define the process maturity profile. The tool will do both data entry and calculations. Other tools will also be developed for introductory presentation, for report templates for summarising results, and improvement templates for making recommendations on actions for improving an organisation's development process. The CBD Assessment Methodology will be validated and refined through the use of 'User Trials' (approx. 1 week duration). After an introductory presentation, interviews with personnel will follow, covering all relevant departments. Both project and management level personnel would be interviewed. The analysed data will be used to recommended user actions. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware developmentsocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivity Programme(s) FP5-IST - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on a "User-friendly information society, 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.2.-4.3.1 - Component-based software engineering Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITAET LINZ - INSTITUT FUER SYSTEMWISSENSCHAFTEN EU contribution No data Address ALTENBERGERSTRASSE 69 4040 LINZ Austria See on map Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRE FOR OBJECT TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS AND RESEARCH Australia EU contribution No data Address BROADWAY 2007 NSW See on map Total cost No data COMPUTER ASSOCIATES NV Belgium EU contribution No data Address BUILDING FIGUERAS, DA VINCILAAN 11 1930 ZAVENTEM See on map Total cost No data GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY Australia EU contribution No data Address NATHAN CAMPUS - KESSELS RD 4111 QUEENSLAND See on map Total cost No data HUBER COMPUTER DATENVERARBEITUNG GESMBH Austria EU contribution No data Address WIENER STRASSE 131 4020 LINZ See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF BORAS Sweden EU contribution No data Address ALLEGATAN 1 501 90 BORAS See on map Total cost No data VOLVO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Sweden EU contribution No data Address 14 V GOETALANDS LAEN 80 GOETEBORG KOMMUN 405 08 GOETEBORG See on map Total cost No data XEN INFORMATION SYSTEMS AG Austria EU contribution No data Address AM SPITZ 13 1210 WIEN See on map Total cost No data