This bestselling book is a practical guide to improving the software development and maintenance process. Emphasis is placed on the basic principles and priorities of the software process. Sections are organized in a natural way for managers and professionals to implement improvement activities.
Known as "the father of software quality," Watts S. Humphrey is the author of numerous influential books on the software-development process and software process improvement. Humphrey is a fellow of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University, where he founded the Software Process Program and provided the vision and early leadership for the original Capability Maturity Model (CMM). He also is the creator of the Personal Software Process (PSP) and Team Software Process (TSP). Recently, he was awarded the National Medal of Technology-the highest honor given by the president of the United States to America's leading innovators.
I. SOFTWARE PROCESS MATURITY.
A Software Maturity Framework.II. THE REPEATABLE PROCESS.
Managing Software Organizations.III. THE DEFINED PROCESS.
Software Standards.IV. THE MANAGED PROCESS.
Data Gathering and Analysis.V. THE OPTIMIZING PROCESS.
Defect Prevention.