Case Studies of Software Process Improvement Methods

Abstract

This report describes the case studies approach applied at a number of Siemens software development organizations to observe the impact of software process improvement methods. In addition, the report provides guidance to software development organizations that want to improve their processes. A set of organization performance measures are defined to help an organization observe its software process improvement over time. An approach is given for selecting software process improvement methods. The report concludes with a description of common implementation problems, and recommendations for organizations to improve their software processes. Case studies, Siemens, Measurement, Process improvement methods

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA277289

Entities

People

  • Daniel J. Paulish

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Case Studies
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Engineering
  • Health Services
  • Lessons Learned
  • Management Personnel
  • Medical Personnel
  • Operating Systems
  • Organizational Structure
  • Reliability
  • Software Development
  • Systems Engineering
  • Teamwork
  • Total Quality Management

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Software Verification and Validation.