A Turbo-Team Approach to Establishing a Software Test Process at Union Switch and Signal.

Abstract

Process improvement teams are often created and tasked to make complex changes in an organization, but are not provided with the tools necessary for success. This report describes what one team did to successfully install a software testing process in an organization. The principles of a turbo-team approach are introduced and a defined process for working in teams to introduce a new software technology is adapted from the prototype Process Change Guide developed by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI). Artifacts of this effort are included and described as examples for other teams to reference. Successes and lessons learned are described.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA324230

Entities

People

  • Don Mcandrews
  • Janice M. Ryan
  • Priscilla Fowler

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Configuration Management
  • Contractors
  • Debugging
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Lessons Learned
  • Management Personnel
  • Models
  • Organizational Structure
  • Prototypes
  • Software Development
  • Software Testing
  • Students
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Military/Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technology
  • Software Engineering.