Process Improvement for Software Localization
Goncalves, Luis (2011)
Goncalves, Luis
Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu
2011
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201105168108
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201105168108
Tiivistelmä
Competition in mobile industry is tougher than ever, forcing mobile manufacturers to fight for their market share. In this challenging environment, companies must release new software at a high pace and frequency.
The overall purpose of this Thesis was to create a basis for a process improvement framework in localization teams. This study is specific to the case company, but the outcome can be applied to other localization teams, especially for those that work in an Agile Mode, and especially those using SCRUM.
This study focuses on the process improvement for software localization inside of the case company team. It is crucial to have three weeks’ time to be fully aligned with the application engineering team, and there are parts of the process that need to be changed in order to improve the current process. These aspects were analysed in the study, and we came up with possible alterations to the internal operation and correction methods, allowing for reduction in cost and time.
In order to have accurate results, we analysed different methodologies of process im-provement such as Six Sigma and Lean methodologies, always aligning the outcome with the Scrum methodology, which our entire company uses. Several internal teams contributed to this exercise, adding important feedback to this study.
The overall purpose of this Thesis was to create a basis for a process improvement framework in localization teams. This study is specific to the case company, but the outcome can be applied to other localization teams, especially for those that work in an Agile Mode, and especially those using SCRUM.
This study focuses on the process improvement for software localization inside of the case company team. It is crucial to have three weeks’ time to be fully aligned with the application engineering team, and there are parts of the process that need to be changed in order to improve the current process. These aspects were analysed in the study, and we came up with possible alterations to the internal operation and correction methods, allowing for reduction in cost and time.
In order to have accurate results, we analysed different methodologies of process im-provement such as Six Sigma and Lean methodologies, always aligning the outcome with the Scrum methodology, which our entire company uses. Several internal teams contributed to this exercise, adding important feedback to this study.