Improving Software Organizations
From Principles to Practice
Published on 30. October 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-0-201-75820-7 (ISBN)
Description
Many practitioners are frustrated by software process improvement initiatives that fail, but now they can solve the problem, once and for all. Improving Software Organizations shares the field's most practical techniques for overcoming the key obstacles to process improvement. It offers a complete framework for software process improvement that draws upon the experiences of seven leading development organizations. This book contains powerful, experience-based lessons for planning, implementation, and ongoing management. Coverage includes: enhancing learning and knowledge transfer in the organization; choosing the right role for assessment methods such as CMM and Bootstrap; defining appropriate metrics for software improvement; and more. Mathiassen also offers practical guidance for maintaining the progress of a software improvement initiative once the lofty rhetoric and first wave of enthusiasm have died down.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Boston
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 188 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-201-75820-7 (9780201758207)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
0201758202AB05242001
Content
I. LEARNING TO IMPROVE.
1. Learning SPI in Practice.
2. Mapping SPI Ideas and Practices.
II. LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE.
3. The Correct Effort.
4. The Ambitious Effort.
5. The Grassroots Effort.
6. The Adolescent Effort.
III. INITIATING LEARNING.
7. Learning from Assessments.
8. From Problem Reports to Better Products.
9. Problem Diagnosis in SPI.
10. Project Assessments.
11. A Framework for Selecting an Assessment Strategy.
IV. ORGANIZING FOR LEARNING.
12. Knowing and Implementing SPI.
13. Improving Customer Relations.
14. Strategies for Organizational Learning in SPI.
V. TECHNIQUES FOR LEARNING TO IMPROVE.
15. Implementing SPI: An Organizational Approach.
16. Risk Management in Process Action Teams.
17. Principles of Metrics Implementation.
18. Better Requirements.
Appendix A: Risk and Action Tables.
Research Team.
Index. 0201758202T10102001
1. Learning SPI in Practice.
2. Mapping SPI Ideas and Practices.
II. LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE.
3. The Correct Effort.
4. The Ambitious Effort.
5. The Grassroots Effort.
6. The Adolescent Effort.
III. INITIATING LEARNING.
7. Learning from Assessments.
8. From Problem Reports to Better Products.
9. Problem Diagnosis in SPI.
10. Project Assessments.
11. A Framework for Selecting an Assessment Strategy.
IV. ORGANIZING FOR LEARNING.
12. Knowing and Implementing SPI.
13. Improving Customer Relations.
14. Strategies for Organizational Learning in SPI.
V. TECHNIQUES FOR LEARNING TO IMPROVE.
15. Implementing SPI: An Organizational Approach.
16. Risk Management in Process Action Teams.
17. Principles of Metrics Implementation.
18. Better Requirements.
Appendix A: Risk and Action Tables.
Research Team.
Index. 0201758202T10102001