Elements Of Software Process Assessment & Improvement

Description:

Elements of Software Process Assessment and Improvement reviews current assessment practices, experiences, and new research trends in software process improvement. The newly revised chapters are expanded from articles that appeared in SPN, The Software Process Newsletter of the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Software Engineering (TCSE).

This book describes in detail the process improvement cycle, including diagnosing an organization, establishing a business case, changing elements within a process, and evaluating the impact of these changes. These elements are divided into four parts providing a comprehensive view of the software process improvement field. The first part describes contemporary models that are used to evaluate an organization's processes and capabilities. The next covers the business case for assessment and improvement by providing ample evidence that demonstrates possible improvements as well as evidence of assessment reliability. Part three provides application guidance covering critical success factors including tools and techniques. The final portion covers important and exciting developments that enhance process improvement tools and the reader's understanding of organizational processes in practice.

These four elements answer the needs of individuals involved in software process improvement as well as those involved in basic and applied research. Elements of Software Process Assessment and Improvement is an invaluable source of practical information for software process professionals.

 

Table of Contents:

Foreword.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

PART 1.

Chapter 1. The Capability Maturity Model for Software (Mark C. Paulk, et al.).

Chapter 2. Risk Management in Software Product Procurement (Francois Coallier, et al.).

Chapter 3. The SPICE Project Jean-Normand Drouin).

Chapter 4. Software Process Assessment and Improvement: 5 Years of Experiences with Bootstrap (Hans Stienen).

Chapter 5. ISO 9001 for Software Organizations (Sam Weissfelner).

Chapter 6. The People Capability Maturity Model for Improving the Software Workforce (Bill Curtis, et al.).

Chapter 7. An Inductive Method for Software Process Improvement: Concrete Steps and Guidelines (Lionel Briand, et al.).

PART 2.

Chapter 8. The Economics of Software Process Improvements (Capers Jones).

Chapter 9. The Payoff for Software Process Improvement: What it is and How to Get it (Herb Krasner).

Chapter 10. Empirical Studies of Software Process Assessment Methods (Dennis R. Goldenson, et al.).

PART 3.

Chapter 11. Essence and Accidents in SEI-Style Assessments or "Maybe this Time the Voice of the Engineer Will be Heard" (Ken Dymond).

Chaqpter 12. Tailoring the CMM for Small Businesses, Small Organizations, and Small Projects (Donna L. Johnson and Judith G. Broadman).

Chapter 13. Starting the Climb Towards the CMM Level-2 Plateau (Ray Dion).

Chapter 14. The Role of Design Analysis in Process Improvement (William W. Agresti).

Chapter 15. Action Planning (Joseph Puffer).

PART 4. Chapter 16. Modeling Software Processes Quantitatively and Evaluating the Performance of Process Activities (David M. Raffo and Marc I. Kellner).

Chapter 17. Metrics and Laws of Software Evolution-The Nineties View (M.M. Lehman, et al.).

About the Authors.

描述：

《軟體流程評估與改進要素》回顧了軟體流程改進的當前評估實踐、經驗和新的研究趨勢。新修訂的章節是從IEEE計算機學會軟體工程技術委員會（TCSE）的《軟體流程通訊》（SPN）中的文章擴展而來。

本書詳細描述了流程改進循環，包括診斷組織、建立商業案例、改變流程內的要素以及評估這些變化的影響。這些要素分為四個部分，提供了對軟體流程改進領域的全面觀點。第一部分描述了用於評估組織流程和能力的當代模型。接下來的部分通過提供充分的證據來證明可能的改進以及評估可靠性，來探討評估和改進的商業案例。第三部分提供應用指導，包括關鍵成功因素、工具和技術。最後一部分涵蓋了增強流程改進工具和讀者對組織流程實踐的重要和令人興奮的發展。

這四個要素滿足了參與軟體流程改進的個人以及從事基礎和應用研究的人的需求。《軟體流程評估與改進要素》是軟體流程專業人士寶貴的實用信息來源。

 

目錄：

前言。

前言。

致謝。

第一部分。

第1章。軟體能力成熟度模型（Mark C. Paulk等）。

第2章。軟體產品採購中的風險管理（Francois Coallier等）。

第3章。SPICE項目（Jean-Normand Drouin）。

第4章。軟體流程評估與改進：Bootstrap的5年經驗（Hans Stienen）。

第5章。ISO 9001對軟體組織的應用（Sam Weissfelner）。

第6章。改進軟體工作人員的人員能力成熟度模型（Bill Curtis等）。

第7章。軟體流程改進的歸納方法：具體步驟和指南（Lionel Briand等）。

第二部分。

第8章。軟體流程改進的經濟學（Capers Jones）。

第9章。軟體流程改進的回報：是什麼以及如何獲得（Herb Krasner）。

第10章。軟體流程改進的實證研究。