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Process and project alignment methodology: A case-study based analysis

Martins Paula Ventura (Universidade do Algarve, Research Centre of Spatial and Organizational Dynamics, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, Portugal)
da Silva Alberto Rodrigues (Universidade de Lisboa, INESC-ID, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal)

Process descriptions represent high-level plans and do not contain information necessary for concrete software development projects. Processes that are unrelated to daily practices or that are hardly mapped to project practices, cause misalignments between processes and projects. We argue that software processes should emerge and evolve collaboratively within an organization. With this propose, this article describes the ProPAM methodology and explores the details of its static view. We also present a case study to validate effectiveness of the proposed methodology. The aim of the case study was to analyse the effects of using ProPAM in a IT organization.

Keywords: software process improvement, process management, project management, ProPAM