Software Process Improvement with CMM

By: Joseph Raynus

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Hardcover | 30 November 1998

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A practical step-by-step approach for improving the software development process within a company, using the Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model (CMM). The text explains common misconceptions associated with Software Business Improvement and CMM, using real-world examples. The book includes a reference table of key software metrics, which: help the reader evaluate measurements in relation to the functioning of his/her organisation; direct the software development to achieve higher levels of CMM in a timely manner; link measurement techniques to specific KPAs in a practical manner; and improve software process definition and improvement techniques with CMM as a guideline.

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Foreword	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
Note to the reader	p. xvii
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Introduction	p. xxi
Software Management Process and CMM	p. 1
The process of software development	p. 1
Software management and your organization	p. 3
What are you waiting for?	p. 6
References	p. 8
Capability Maturity Model	p. 9
Organization of the CMM	p. 9
The five CMM levels	p. 14
Initial	p. 14
Repeatable	p. 15
Defined	p. 17
Managed	p. 18
Optimized	p. 19
Benefits of the CMM approach	p. 20
Common features of key process areas	p. 20
Goals	p. 21
Commitment to perform	p. 22
Ability to perform	p. 23
Activities performed	p. 24
Measurement and analysis	p. 25
Verifying implementation	p. 25
Main process concepts of CMM	p. 26
Software process definition	p. 26
Process definition concepts	p. 26
Organization's standard software process	p. 27
Concepts related to the project's defined software process	p. 28
Description	p. 28
Software products	p. 29
Key practices and the CMM	p. 30
Collection and analysis of process data	p. 30
Applying professional judgment	p. 31
References	p. 32
Assessments and What the Assessors Are Seeking	p. 33
Software development processes	p. 33
Software quality assurance activities	p. 36
Assessment	p. 42
Misconceptions of CMM	p. 44
Postevaluation	p. 45
CMM objectives and organizational focus	p. 46
Reference	p. 49
Process Focus	p. 51
A process focus	p. 51
Process management for results	p. 55
Components of the management decision process	p. 58
Decision-making activities and achievement of goals	p. 60
Process management and the measurement process	p. 65
What do we measure?	p. 69
Selecting information	p. 74
Project model	p. 76
Measurement concepts	p. 81
References	p. 83
Connecting Measurements to CMM Key Process Areas	p. 85
Connecting the software development life cycle and software project management	p. 85
Connecting key process areas to the environment	p. 91
The maturity curve	p. 96
Connecting key process areas and measurements	p. 97
Defining indicators and issues	p. 98
The goal--question--metric method	p. 106
The maturity climbing machine	p. 106
References	p. 108
Measurements, Attributes, and Data	p. 109
Measurement	p. 109
Process attributes and data	p. 113
Four dimensions of data collection	p. 113
First dimension: project management	p. 115
Second dimension: product data	p. 117
Third dimension: granularity with which data are applied	p. 117
Fourth dimension: the time scale	p. 117
References	p. 117
Software Metrics	p. 119
Why do you need software metrics?	p. 120
Requirements volatility metric	p. 123
Breadth of testing metric	p. 123
Requirements traceability metric	p. 123
Requirements traceability matrix	p. 124
Minimum set of metrics recommended by SEI	p. 125
Volatility	p. 125
Rework	p. 129
The metric-indicator table	p. 132
References	p. 135
A Case Study Evaluating Software Maturity	p. 169
Introduction	p. 169
Evaluation background	p. 170
Software maturity data and collection	p. 170
Severity level categorization	p. 170
Weighting of severity levels	p. 171
Evaluation indenture level	p. 171
Synthesis of many trends	p. 172
Initial evaluation (March 1995)	p. 172
Weighted and unweighted software changes	p. 172
Average severity level	p. 174
Distribution of changes by severity level	p. 174
Average closure times by severity level	p. 176
Test readiness decision evaluation (July 1995)	p. 177
Weighted and unweighted software changes	p. 177
Average severity level	p. 177
Distribution of changes by severity level	p. 180
Initial operational use (August 1995)	p. 180
Extended operational testing (October 1995)	p. 181
Software impact on purchase decision (March 1996)	p. 181
Case study conclusion	p. 182
Acknowledgments	p. 183
Conclusion	p. 185
About the Author	p. 189
Index	p. 191
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