Software Process Improvements in Small Scale Company

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International Journal of Computer & Organization Trends  (IJCOT)          
 
© 2017 by IJCOT Journal
Volume - 7 Issue - 4
Year of Publication : 2017
Authors :  M.Suganya, Dr. K. Alagarsamy
DOI : 10.14445/22492593/IJCOT-V45P302

Citation

M.Suganya, Dr. K. Alagarsamy "Software Process Improvements in Small Scale Company", International Journal of Computer & organization Trends (IJCOT), V7(4):18-26 Jul - Aug 2017, ISSN:2249-2593, www.ijcotjournal.org. Published by Seventh Sense Research Group.

Abstract The software business knows the importance of very small enterprises in funding valued goods and services to the economy. As the quality of software increasingly becomes a subject of concern and procedure methods are growing and gaining the confidence of companies. Software process developments are essential to develop the framework and quality of software companies to reach their business purposes. It is a systematic method to increase the capabilities and work performance of software organizations. Established software quality is critical to confirm steadfast goods and services and to increase employee confidence and satisfaction. Single basic idea is to measure the organizations current activity and increase their software process on the foundation of the capabilities and knowledges of the practitioners working in the organization. Thus, in this paper we have defined and explained the software process improvement model which consists of the six basic phases. The new idea is finding in parallel phaseand we have to obtain to satisfy the employee specification and flexible working arrangements.

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Keywords
Software Process Improvement, Process, small corporation quality and SPISC phase.