Centre for Software Innovation

SPPI's aim is to develop and apply a range of software productivity techniques and tools to enhance the performance of the New Zealand software industry. Our key focus is on software process and product improvement using advanced, model-based software visualisation methods and tools. We aim to develop leading-edge software process and product improvement techniques and tools for use by the NZ ICT industry to enhance the quality of their products and efficiency of their development processes.

External Links: 

Foundation for Research Science and Technology

SPPI Wiki

Objectives

We will undertake new research, extend international research, and apply that research locally in three key theme areas/objectives of:

1. process and project management improvement;
2. model-driven engineering and executable specifications; and
3. software imaging and visualisation.

We will thus help NZ ICT companies significantly enhance their process and project management efficiency, and time-to-market, maintainability, and quality of their software products, reducing costs and increasing international competitiveness. Our aim is to ultimately realise large, measurable - 25-50% - process and product improvements for the NZ ICT companies we work with. A combination of qualatative survey of partner companies and quantative analysis of process and product indicators will be used to assess this impact.

Student projects

We have a variety of options for student projects with companies. With six Universities being part of the SPPI project we also have a large base of students and variety of locations.

Process & Project Management Assessment

We can carry out a short - or more detailed - assessment project looking at company current practices in terms of software processes, methodologies, project management, knowledge management, communication, co-ordination, etc and identifying a set of prioritised recommendations for enhancement.

Testing and MDE Advice

We can provide advice and coaching on the use of agile methods, executable specifications, model-based testing and model-driven engineering methods, techniques and tools.

Code and PM Analysis

We can provide advice and analysis of code bases and project management information with a view to helping companies better understand and manage their code, development processes, project management effectiveness, cost and resource estimation, and other SPPI factors.

R&D Consulting

We can carry out a variety of Research and Development and consulting projects using expertise of team members. We have workd with many New Zealand ICT companies on such projects in the past.