TY - JOUR
AU - Drehmer, David
AB - This investigation provides an empirical scaling of software engineering practices derived from the software process maturity model developed by the Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon University (Humphrey et al. [Humphrey, W. S., D. H. Kitson, T. C. Kasse. 1989. The state of software engineering practice: A preliminary report. Technical Report CMU/SEI-89-TR-1 ESD-TR-89-01, Carnegie-Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute, Pittsburgh, PA.]). An analysis of data collected in an extended software maintenance study has shown that the responses to Humphrey's key software practice items fit the Rasch psychometric model providing an alternative framework in which to understand the software development practices. The Rasch model analysis describes the likelihood of a practice deployment for any level of evolution and provides precise and meaningful measures.
TI - Measuring Software Engineering Evolution: A Rasch Calibration
JF - Information Systems Research
DO - 10.1287/isre.8.1.95
DA - 1997-03-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/informs/measuring-software-engineering-evolution-a-rasch-calibration-mf8kyJBPJ3
SP - 95
EP - 104
VL - 8
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -