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This chapter discusses software process improvement. It begins with a discussion of a software process and discusses the benefits that may be gained from a software process improvement initiative. Various models that support software process improvement are discussed, and these include the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI), ISO 9000, Personal Software Process (PSP) and Team Software Process (TSP).
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There is the well-known adage “All models are wrong, some are useful”.
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The ISO 9004 standard provides guidance on continuous improvement.
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W. Edwards Deming, Out of Crisis (MIT Press, Cambridge, 1986)
Software Engineering Institute, in CMMI Executive Overview. Presentation by the SEI, 2006
W. Humphry, Managing the Software Process (Addison Wesley, New York, 1989)
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O’Regan, G. (2017). Software Process Improvement. In: Concise Guide to Software Engineering. Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57750-0_15
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