A PROCESS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT MECHANISM FOR REDUCING THE RISK OF CI ENVIRONMENT

In the age of fast evolution, software development project must accept many challenges of unpredicted
requirements change and new technology environment. Software development processes should have
adjustable and extendable features to meet the multifaceted needs of the users. Iterative and Incremental
Development (IID) is a practical approach to overcome the various challenges of software development.
However, continuous testing and building new versions need to spend more time and human resources that
is a major obstacle of IID. The other, the iterative operations must have a sound communication skills.
Lack of standard version control and intercommunication manner often lead to failure of software project.
High quality Continuous Integration (CI) environment can effectively make up the defects of IID. In this
paper, CI environment and advantages are deeply surveyed. In order to overcome the defects of IID, CI
environment needs combine the perfect procedures and qualified tools, and concretely enhance the quality
of CI environment. Based on the process quality measurement model, this paper proposes the Process
Quality Improvement Mechanism (PQIM). Applying PQIM, in software development, the processes
problems and the CI environment quality defects can identify timely and indeed revise to reduce the risk of
CI environment