- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Addison Wesley; 1 edition (18 Sep 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0201758202
- ISBN-13: 978-0201758207
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 18.8 x 1.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,305,079 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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.
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Global competition, the time sensitivity of the new Internet economy, and increasing customer demand for better software quality are pushing companies to undertake software process improvement (SPI) initiatives. Numerous software organizations worldwide have implemented these initiatives with varying degrees of success. Many have adhered to standard SPI practice, only to experience less-than-satisfactory results when the execution proves more difficult than expected and enthusiasm and resources wane.
Improving Software Organizations offers a modern perspective on SPI. It outlines and discusses what it takes to move from SPI theory to successful SPI initiatives. Based on the results of the three-year National Danish SPI Initiative, this book draws on the experiences of four world-class companies—Danske Data, Brüel & Kjær, Ericsson Denmark, and Systematic Software Engineering. It presents a proven roadmap for successful SPI. It distills in-depth studies of these organizations—the strategies, approaches, and specific techniques that yielded tangible results. It presents a comprehensive framework for planning and executing successful SPI projects throughout the project lifecycle.
Improving Software Organizations presents the major lessons learned in the four companies. It provides an overview of the theories and models that formed the basis of the SPI initiatives. It also provides an in-depth examination of the four companies¿ development organizations, how each began the SPI initiative, what mistakes were made, and how they ultimately succeeded.
You will learn:
For each of the five SPI principles, the book offers examples from practice that demonstrate how successful organizations approached the issue. From these examples and the more detailed case studies, you will gain the understanding of how to design, implement, and execute an SPI initiative that is right for your organization.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Finally - a practical roadmap to SPI
1 Oct 2001
Format:Paperback
This book departs from all others that I have read on SPI by tossing the theory and giving, instead, a practical roadmap for implementing SPI.
The theme is learning, and it is manifested on a number of levels in this book, foremost of which is that fact that the information provided is based on real life experience in four companies. The book is divided into the following five sections:
I. LEARNING TO IMPROVE (covers learning SPI in practice and mapping SPI ideas and practices).
II. LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE (discusses the correct way to approach SPI based on documented experience and studies of successful implementation, and approaches that do not work - sort of like anti-patterns).
III. INITIATING LEARNING (learning From assessments, how to use problem reports to improve products, and a framwork for selecting an assessment strategy).
IV. ORGANIZING FOR LEARNING (strategies for organizational learning in SPI).
V. TECHNIQUES FOR LEARNING TO IMPROVE (framework for implementing SPI, managing risk during SPI implementation, metrics implementation principles and better requirements.
Among the things I like most are: (1) The recognition that learning is the key to SPI. This is an insight that is sometimes lost, especially when too many organizations focus on tools, passing an assessment and other issues instead of the reason for SPI in the first place. (2) Lessons learned from four major companies. Value: Shows (a) it can be done, (b) it's not easy, and (c) mistakes to avoid. (3) No hype. There is no preaching, glowing promises or the like here.
If your organization is pursuing SPI or is already engaged in it, this book will save you considerable aggravation, show common pitfalls to avoid, and focus you on the essence of SPI.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Decent introduction to the concepts
12 July 2003
Format:Paperback
This book is a decent introduction to the concepts involved in Software Organization Process improvement but not enough to take you all the way. You'll need additional resources.
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