International Software Process Association - ISPA
The software industry manufactures (and maintains and evolves) large, complex
artifacts - software systems. Its products need to be of high quality and
reasonable cost, and to be delivered on time and within budget. One important
way to achieve these objectives is to improve the manufacturing process - the
software process. A software process is a set of steps for creating and
evolving software systems that encompasses both technical and managerial
concerns. Over the last twelve years a community of researchers, developers and
practitioners has grown up with particular concern for the improvement of the
software process, and the extension of technology developed to support the
software process to supporting processes in other areas.
The International Software Process Association (ISPA) was founded to provide a
professional association for the community concerned with advancement of
Software and other Process in science, technology and practice. To this end,
ISPA's main initial activity is to organize, schedule, promote, sponsor,
and arrange publication of the proceedings of a series of international
workshops, the International Software Process Workshops (ISPWs), and a series
of international conferences, the International Conferences on the Software
Process (ICSPs).
To date ten ISPWs and four ICSPs have been held, in locations
including England, Japan, and Germany as well as the USA.
(Some of the proceedings are still available)
- C. Potts (ed.), Proceedings of Software Process Workshop, IEEE Computer
Society Press, 1984.
- J. Wileden and M. Dowson (eds.), Proceedings of the 2nd International
Workshop on the Software Process and Software Environments, ACM SIGSOFT
Software Engineering Notes, Vol. 11 No. 4 August 1986.
- M. Dowson (ed.), Proceedings of the 3rd International Software Process
Workshop, IEEE Computer Society Press, 1987.
- C. Tully, (ed.), Proceedings of the 4th International Software Process
Workshop, ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, Vol. 14 No. 4, June 1989.
- D. Perry (ed.), Proceedings of the 5th International Software Process
Workshop, IEEE Computer Society Press, 1990.
- T. Katayama (ed.), Proceedings of the 6th International Software
Process Workshop, IEEE Computer Society Press, 1991.
- M. I. Thomas (ed.), Proceedings of the 7th International Software
Process Workshop, IEEE Computer Society Press, 1993.
- W. Schaefer (ed.), Proceedings of the 8th International Software
Process Workshop, IEEE Computer Society Press, 1993.
- C. Ghezzi (ed.) Proceedings of the 9th International Software
Process Workshop, IEEE Computer Society Press, 1994.
- B. Boehm (ed.) Proceedings of the 10th International Software
Process Workshop, IEEE Computer Society Press, 1996.
- M. Dowson (ed.) Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on the
Software Process, IEEE Computer Society Press, October 1991.
- L. Osterweil (ed.) Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on
the Software Process, IEEE Computer Society Press, February 1993.
- D. Perry (ed.) Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on
the Software Process, IEEE Computer Society Press, October 1994.
- W. Schaefer (ed.) Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on
the Software Process, IEEE Computer Society Press, December 1996.
- B. Balzer, L. Osterweil, D. Perry (eds.), Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on
the Software Process, ISPA Press, June 1998
ISPA distributes information about process-related events and about
progress in the field of process to its members. Initially, this will be on an
ad-hoc basis. In the longer term, this information distribution may include a
regular bulletin or other publication. Information can be obtained by writing
to
Faith Perry
ISPA Administrator
ISPA Board of Directors:
- Robert M. Balzer
- Barry Boehm
- Carlo Ghezzi
- Mingshu Li
- Leon J. Osterweil
- Dewayne E. Perry (President)
- Wilhelm Schaefer