Murat Yilmaz - Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement: 28th European Conference, EuroSPI 2021, Krems, Austria, September 1–3, 2021, Proceedings

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This volume comprises the proceedings of the 28th Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement (EuroSPI) Conference, held during September 13, 2021 in Krems, Austria.

Conferences have so far been held in Dublin (Ireland) in 1994, in Vienna (Austria) in 1995, in Budapest (Hungary) in 1997, in Gothenburg (Sweden) in 1998, in Pori (Finland) in 1999, in Copenhagen (Denmark) in 2000, in Limerick (Ireland) in 2001, in Nuremberg (Germany) in 2002, in Graz (Austria) in 2003, in Trondheim (Norway) in 2004, in Budapest (Hungary) in 2005, in Joensuu (Finland) in 2006, in Potsdam (Germany) in 2007, in Dublin (Ireland) in 2008, in Alcala (Spain) in 2009, in Grenoble (France) in 2010, in Roskilde (Denmark) in 2011, in Vienna (Austria) in 2012, in Dundalk (Ireland) in 2013, in Luxembourg in 2014, in Ankara (Turkey) 2015, in Graz (Austria) in 2016, in Ostrava (Czech Republic) in 2017, in Bilboa (Spain) in 2018, in Edinburgh (UK) in 2019, in Dsseldorf (Germany) in 2020, and in Krems (Austria) in 2021.

EuroSPI has a cooperation agreement with the EU Blueprint for Automotive project DRIVES (20182021), where leading automotive organizations discuss and present skills for the Europe 2030 strategy in the automotive sector.

EuroSPI also has a cooperation agreement with the EU Blueprint for Battery Systems ALBATTS (20202023), where leading industrial organizations discuss and present skills for the creation of battery production in Europe for cars, ships, planes, industry plants, etc.

In addition, EuroSPI has established the SPI Manifesto (SPI = Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement), a set of social media groups including a selection of presentations and keynotes freely available on YouTube, and access to job role-based qualification through the European Certification and Qualification Association ( www.ecqa.org ).

From 2013 onwards, new communities (cybersecurity, Internet of Things, Agile) joined EuroSPI and the meaning of the letter S was extended to System, Software, Service, Safety, and Security and the meaning of the letter I was extended to Improvement, Innovation, and Infrastructure (Internet of Things).

In memory of our dear friend and long term EuroSPI Conference Series Editor, Prof. Rory OConnor of Dublin City University and Lero the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, the committee has in collaboration with ISCN, ASQ, and Lero, established the Rory OConnor Award for Research Excellence. On an annual basis, the individual presenting the highest quality work to the conference audience, especially in areas of major importance to our field, is awarded this honor.

A typical characterization of EuroSPI is reflected in a statement made by a company: ... the biggest value of EuroSPI lies in its function as a European knowledge and experience exchange mechanism for SPI and innovation.

Since its beginning in 1994 in Dublin, the EuroSPI initiative has outlined that there is not a single silver bullet with which to solve SPI issues, but that you need to understand a combination of different SPI methods and approaches to achieve concrete benefits. Therefore, each proceedings volume covers a variety of different topics, and at the conference we discuss potential synergies and the combined use of such methods and approaches.