Process Improvement and CMMI for Systems and Software (Hardcover)

Presenting the state of the art in strategic planning and process improvement, Process Improvement and CMMI^® for Systems and Software provides a workable approach for achieving cost-effective process improvements for systems and software. Focusing on planning, implementation, and management in system and software processes, it supplies a brief overview of basic strategic planning models and covers fundamental concepts and approaches for system and software measurement, testing, and improvements.

The book represents the significant cumulative experience of the authors who were among the first to introduce quality management to the software development processes. It introduces CMMI^® and various other software and systems process models. It also provides readers with an easy-to-follow methodology for evaluating the status of development and maintenance processes and for determining the return on investment for process improvements.

The authors examine beta testing and various testing and usability programs. They highlight examples of useful metrics for monitoring process improvement projects and explain how to establish baselines against which to measure achieved improvements. Divided into four parts, this practical resource covers:

• Strategy and basics of quality and process improvement
• Assessment and measurement in systems and software
• Improvements and testing of systems and software
• Managing and reporting data

The text concludes with a realistic case study that illustrates how the process improvement effort is structured and brings together the methods, tools, and techniques discussed. Spelling out how to lay out a reasoned plan for process improvement, this book supplies readers with concrete action plans for setting up process improvement initiatives that are effective, efficient, and sustainable.

《流程改善與CMMI®系統與軟體》展示了戰略規劃和流程改善的最新技術，提供了一種實用的方法來實現系統和軟體的成本效益流程改善。該書專注於系統和軟體流程的規劃、實施和管理，提供了基本戰略規劃模型的簡要概述，並涵蓋了系統和軟體測量、測試和改善的基本概念和方法。

該書代表了作者們在軟體開發流程中引入質量管理的重要累積經驗。它介紹了CMMI®和其他各種軟體和系統流程模型。它還為讀者提供了一種易於遵循的方法，用於評估開發和維護流程的狀態，並確定流程改善的投資回報。

作者們探討了測試和可用性計劃的測試和各種測試計劃。他們突出了監控流程改善項目的有用指標的示例，並解釋了如何建立用於衡量實現改善的基準。這本實用資源分為四個部分，涵蓋了以下內容：

- 質量和流程改善的策略和基礎
- 系統和軟體的評估和測量
- 系統和軟體的改善和測試
- 數據管理和報告

該書以一個實際案例研究作為結尾，說明了流程改善工作的結構，並結合了所討論的方法、工具和技術。該書詳細說明了如何制定一個合理的流程改善計劃，並為建立有效、高效和可持續的流程改善計劃提供了具體的行動計劃。