List of centres, initiatives and institutes working with small enterprises and very small enterprises.
| Parquesoft | Colombia | www.parquesoft.com |
| Towards Software Excellence | www.software-excellence.org.uk | |
| Research Group on Software Quality and Productivity (Laboratório de Qualidade e Produtividade de Software) | Brazil | http://lqps.sj.univali.br/layoutdescricaoIngles.html |
| CMM Fast Track Programme for Hong Kong SME Software Companies | Hong Kong | www.cmmfasttrack.hk/ |
| Software Engineering Research Laboratory (GELOG) | Canada | www.gelog.etsmtl.ca/ |
| Association for the engineering of Software Quality (Asociación Mexicana para la Calidad en la Ingeniería de Software) (AMCIS) | Mexico | www.software.net.mx/en/default.htm |
| Centre d’Excellence en Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication (CETIC) | Belgium | www.cetic.be |
| Centre for Software Engineering (CSE) | Ireland | www.cse.dcu.ie/ |
| Tudor Center | Luxembourg | www.tudor.lu |
| Software Productivity Center (SPC) | Canada | http://www.spc.ca/ |
| Software Industry Promotion Agency (SIPA) | Thailand | www.sipa.or.th |
| Enterprise Ireland | Ireland | www.enterprise-ireland.com |
| SataSPIN | Finland | http://www.tut.fi/index.cfm?MainSel=7526&Sel=7526&Show=7916&Siteid=110 |
| Centre for Software Process Technologies (CSPT) | Ireland | www.infc.ulst.ac.uk/informatics/cspt/ |
| Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN) | www.sei.cmu.edu/collaborating/spins | |
| Improving Processes in Small Settings (IPSS) Project, Software Engineering Institute | http://www.sei.cmu.edu/iprc/ipss.html | |
| Irish Software Engineering Research Centre | Ireland | www.lero.ie/research/internationalprojects/softwareprocessesforsmallenterprises/ |
Publications and Communications
- Ribaud, V., Saliou, P., Laporte, C.Y., Towards Experience Management for Very Small Entities, International Journal On Advances in Software, 2011, vol 4, no 1&2 (http://www.iariajournals.org/software/index.html)
- Ribaud, V., Saliou, P., Laporte, C.Y., Un assistant de mémoire pour les très petits projets d’ingénierie du logiciel, Étude de Communication (ETC) N° 36, 2011 (http://edc.revues.org/)
- Laporte, C.Y., Palza Vargas, E., The Development of International Standards to facilitate Process Improvements for Very Small Enterprises, Book: “Software Process Improvement and Management: Approaches and Tools for Practical Development” IGI Global Publisher. USA, 2011.
- Laporte, C.Y., Le développement de normes internationales de génie logiciel pour les très petites organisations, SPIN de Montréal, École de technologie supérieure, February 15th 2010.
- Laporte, C.Y., The Development of International Standards for Very Small Enterprises: Historical Perspectives and Achievements, Mexico City, Mexico, November 12th 2008.
- Laporte, C.Y., Alexandre, S., Renault, A., The Application of International Software Engineering Standards in Very Small Enterprises, Software Quality Professional, ASQ, Volume 10, Number 3, June 2008, p 4-11.(http://www.asq.org/pub/sqp/)
- Laporte, C.Y., Renault, A., Alexandre, S., The Application of International Standards in Very Small Enterprises, Software Engineering Process Group Conference, Software Engineering Institute, Austin (Texas), March 26-29 2007.


