Software Process Management

Author: (USA) Humphrey
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: This book focuses on software process management as its core, describing five aspects of software process improvement in a progressive manner. It proposes a software process improvement model, serving as a guiding "lighthouse" for software development organizations to enhance their management capabilities. The book first describes the software process management framework and its role in software process assessment, elaborating on the steps to begin effective process improvement. It then identifies the activities required for soft process management. Subsequently, it introduces related concepts, determining the technologies and management needed for development processes, as well as for management and control processes. It also presents methods for quantitatively controlling software processes. Finally, it guides readers on how to prevent problems before they occur, shifting the focus of work from solving problems to preventing them. This book is recommended as a teaching material by the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. It is suitable as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate students in software colleges and related university majors, as well as for software managers and professional.