Software Process Improvement in a Research Institute: Driven with Project Management Process

Summary: [This abstract is based on the author's abstract.]The management of software process improvement in a research institute consists of a "hard" side made up of planning, scheduling, and budgeting and a "soft" side that includes leadership, culture, human resources, and intellectual property management. The Institute for Infocomm Research has replaced its ad hoc approach to project management by forming a task force to focus on a framework taking these factors into account. The goal is to develop a structured organization that retains flexibility in the research environment.