This book contains a selection of papers accepted for presentation and discussion at
the 2018 International Conference on Software Process Improvement (CIMPS’18).
This conference had the support of the CIMAT A.C. (Mathematics Research
Center/Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas), CUCEI (Centro Universitario de
Ciencias Exactas e Ingenierías de la Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, México),
AISTI (Iberian Association for Information Systems and Technologies/Associação
Ibérica de Sistemas e Tecnologas de Informação), ReCIBE (Revista electrónica de
Computación, Informática, Biomédica y Electrónica), ROPRIN (Red de
Optimización de Procesos Industriales), ORACLE, and IBM. It took place at
CUCEI, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México, on October 17–19, 2018.
The International Conference on Software Process Improvement (CIMPS) is a
global forum for researchers and practitioners that present and discuss the most
recent innovations, trends, results, experiences, and concerns in the several perspectives of software engineering with clear relationship but not limited to software
processes, security in information and communication technology, and big data
field. One of its main aims is to strengthen the drive toward a holistic symbiosis
among academy, society, industry, government, and business community, promoting the creation of networks by disseminating the results of recent research in
order to align their needs. CIMPS’18 was built on the successes of CIMPS’12,
CIMPS’13, CIMPS’14, which took place on Zacatecas, Zac; CIMPS’15 which took
place on Mazatlán, Sinaloa; CIMPS’16 which took place on Aguascalientes,
Aguascalientes, México; and the last edition CIMPS’17 which took place again on
Zacatecas, Zac, México.