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Our book recommendations on Software Process Improvement
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Software Process Improvement: Practical Guidelines for Business Success Sami Zahran, 1998 |
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| Covers all important aspects of an SPI program well. Additionally, if you are not yet sure, which improvement model to use (if any), you should read this book as an overview of all important models in use, with the exception of CMMI, which was not yet out in 1998. | |||
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Introduction to the Personal Software Process(sm) Watts S. Humphrey, 1996 |
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| The Personal Software Process (PSP) is process improvement at a personal level, i.e. a technique for the individual software developer to improve his/her way of working. An interesting concept, great success stories featured, though most of the time quite difficult to implement. If you are looking for something beyond the organization-wide process for improvement, read this. | |||
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Introduction to the Team Software Process(sm) Watts S. Humphrey, Marc Lovelace, 1999 |
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| One point often criticized in CMM, is that it does not sufficiently address soft-issues in software development. Humphrey always recognized that the process is only one of the important aspects, and concentrated in the last years solely on the issues arising when working in a team. He reports extremely positive results with the methods described in the Team Software Process. | |||
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People Capability Maturity Model Bill Curtis (Editor), et al., 2000 |
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| Another of the CMM inspired model, but one of the really important ones. How do you get good people, how do you keep them, how do you make them even better? Certainly key questions. But beware, it is real CMM text, not easy reading. Also it is not about people, it is about processes for people management. | |||
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Creating a Software Engineering Culture Karl E. Wiegers, 1996 |
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| Addresses several issues to improve the performance of software development, the development process being only one of them. Common sense at its best. | |||
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Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister, 2000 |
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| If you consistently fail to hammer the right processes into your staff's heads, perhaps you should try a slightly different approach when dealing with people. It's a safe bet, that you won't be disappointed by these two great authors. | |||
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Why Does Software Cost So Much? And Other Puzzles of the Information Age Tom DeMarco, 1995 |
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| A book you can easily read in-between all the heavy, classical ones. It is entertaining and one of those books the software engineers want their senior managers to read. The better ones even do. | |||
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Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change Kent Beck, 1999 |
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| Extreme programming is one of the new religions in software development. While you may not be able, or may not want to implement all elements of this methodology, it is always worth thinking about new, fresh ideas. After all, it is nothing but a collection of practices than will work well under certain conditions, and not really as extreme as the title suggests. Many people see extreme programming not as process improvement, but as process erosion. However, if it is applied appropriately, that does certainly not hold. | |||
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Improving Software Organizations: From Principles to Practice Lars Mathiassen et al., 2001 |
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| Focusing not so much on improvement models, but on learning to improve, as it is put, this book presents SPI experiences from several sources. While it is often difficult to learn from other peoples experiences (this is where the models come in), this book is an excellent source to either develop or deepen your understanding of Software Process Improvement. | |||
Amazon's bestselling books on Software Process Improvement
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CMMI(R): Guidelines for Process Integration and Product Improvement (2nd Edition) (SEI Series in Software Engineering) Mary Beth Chrissis et al., 2006-11-23 Price: $48.36 Sales Rank: 31924 Average customer rating:  (based on 20 reviews)Usually ships in 24 hours |
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SaaS Architecture, Adoption and Monetization of SaaS Projects using Best Practice Service Strategy, Service Design, Service Transition, Service Operation and Continual Service Improvement Processes Ralph Hatch, 2008-07-01 Price: $35.95 Sales Rank: 52722 No customer reviews yet Usually ships in 24 hours |
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PSP(sm): A Self-Improvement Process for Software Engineers (SEI Series in Software Engineering) Watts S. Humphrey, 2005-03-13 Price: $45.67 Sales Rank: 56931 Average customer rating:  (based on 4 reviews)Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Practical Software Metrics For Project Management And Process Improvement Robert B. Grady, 1992-05-08 Price: $49.30 Sales Rank: 103170 Average customer rating:  (based on 8 reviews)Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Reducing Risk with Software Process Improvement Louis Poulin, 2005-05-26 Price: $84.95 Sales Rank: 1986863 Average customer rating: (based on 4 reviews)Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Amazon's new releases on Software Process Improvement
| Process Improvement with CMMI v1.2 and ISO Standards Boris Mutafelija et al., 2008-11-07 Price: $69.95 Sales Rank: 1206977 No customer reviews yet Not yet published |
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CMMI: Capability Maturity Model Integration: A Process Improvement Approach Ralf Kneuper, 2008-10-15 Price: $54.95 Sales Rank: 1473848 No customer reviews yet Not yet published |
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The IT Measurement Compendium: Estimating and Benchmarking Success with Functional Size Measurement Manfred Bundschuh et al., 2008-10-01 Price: $99.00 Sales Rank: 1695114 No customer reviews yet Not yet published |
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