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Software Process Improvement
By Richard H. Thayer (editor), Robin B. Hunter (contributor), Victoria Hailey (contributor), Robin B. Hunter (editor) and Mark C. Paulk (foreword by)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher IEEE Computer Society
Publication date December 11, 2001
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780769509990
ISBN-10 0769509991
Dimensions 1.50 by 8.50 by 11 in.
Weight 3.10 lbs.
Original list price $128.00
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: The creation of quality software on time and within budget has beena major problem facing the software industry for several decades.Consideration of software development and maintenance as anengineering discipline to control the developmental process canhelp alleviate these obstacles. This new book focuses on the bestpractices for software process improvement (SPI) and relatedinternational standards providing a valuable guide andreference.

The text is a collection of original and republished papersproviding a significant survey on the use of SPI and softwareprocess assessment (SPA) as practiced by companies such as LockheedMartin, Siemens, and Hewlett Packard. Among the important featuresof the book are chapters on software process evaluation, how tobest perform SPI, ISO 9000 and TickIT-an alternative approach toSPA, as well as the latest information on the CMM integrationproject. The text also provides vivid descriptions on the mostimportant international and national standards for SPI, inparticular ISO 9001, ISO 9000-3, ISO/IEC 9126. ISO/IEC 15504,ISO/IEC 12207.

Software Process Improvement benefits software managers who want tolearn about the requirements and effects of SPI, software processstaff who need to understand the mechanisms of SPA and SPI,software developers who are affected by SPI and need to know how toapply it, and college students who want to understand the variousmethods of SPA and SPI.

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