The SCOPE Approach for Scoping Software Processes

Having software processes that fit technological, project, and business demands is one important prerequisite for software-developing organizations to operate successfully in a sustainable way. This thesis introduces the SCOPE approach for continuously focusing an organization's processes towards the relevant demands. In particular, the SCOPE approach facilitates (a) the determination of the process demands of current and future products and projects, (b) the analysis of processes for satisfying these demands, (c) scenario-based selection strategies that support decisions as to which processes to keep, which to discard, and how to prioritize process modifications, and (d) a prototype tool supporting the overall approach.