CMM Implementation Guide: Choreographing Software Process Improvement - Hardcover

Caputo, Kim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0201379384 ISBN 13: 9780201379389

Publisher: Addison Wesley, 1998

Synopsis

The Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model (CMM) has been widely adopted by companies seeking enhanced quality and heightened productivity in software development. This unique book offers step-by-step instruction on how to put the CMM into practice, and on how to conduct software process improvement within your own organization. Drawing on her first-hand experience leading process improvement groups in a large corporation, the author provides sound advice on how to get started, points out the problems that are likely to be encountered, and offers workable solutions that have proven effective in CMM implementation.

About this title

About the Author

Kim Caputo has for years been responsible for software process improvement in various organizations at Unisys Corporation. She is also a frequent lecturer on CMM implementation at software engineering and software process conferences. Given her experience as a professional ballet dancer, Kim is able to illuminate process improvement with striking analogies to dance.

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From the Back Cover

"While the CMM focus on goals and generality makes it widely applicable, this leaves the application problems largely in the hands of the users. Kim Caputo's book provides a pragmatic guideline for how to address the CMM in an organizational context. The many examples and frequent war stories make for enjoyable reading and provide practical insight into the problems and challenges ahead." -Watts S. Humphrey

The Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model (CMM) has been widely adopted by companies seeking enhanced quality and heightened productivity in software development. The CMM enables managers to measure their organization's capabilities against a recognized standard and to determine their relative level of software process maturity.

This unique book offers step-by-step instruction on how to put the CMM into practice and how to conduct software process improvement within your own organization. Drawing on her first-hand experience leading process improvement groups in a large corporation, the author provides sound advice on how to get started, points out the problems that are likely to be encountered, and offers workable solutions that have been proven effective in CMM implementation. This book is precisely the guide she would have welcomed when first performing this critical task.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Addison Wesley
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201379384
• ISBN 13: 9780201379389
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336