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Software Process Improvement Bibliography by Q-Success

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Our book recommendations on Software Process Improvement

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.

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.

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.

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.


Amazon's bestselling books on Software Process Improvement

Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile, Extreme
Robert K. Wysocki, 2009-04-27


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Sales Rank: 16901
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CMMI(R): Guidelines for Process Integration and Product Improvement (2nd Edition)
Mary Beth Chrissis et al., 2006-11-23


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PSP(sm): A Self-Improvement Process for Software Engineers
Watts S. Humphrey, 2005-03-13


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Sales Rank: 173046
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Practical Software Metrics for Project Management and Process Improvement
Robert B. Grady, 1992-05-08


Price: $55.86
Sales Rank: 457269
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Information Quality Applied: Best Practices for Improving Business Information, Processes and Systems
Larry P. English, 2009-10-12


Price: $33.75
Sales Rank: 606250
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Reducing Risk with Software Process Improvement
Louis Poulin, 2005-05-26


Price: $92.95
Sales Rank: 1602543
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Amazon's new releases on Software Process Improvement

Product-Focused Software Process Improvement: 11th International Conference, PROFES 2010, Limerick, Ireland, June 21-23, 2010, Proceedings (Lecture Notes ... / Programming and Software Engineering)
2010-10-12


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Assessing the Business Value of CMMIŽ in South Africa: Assessing the business value of software process improvement using CMMIŽ in South Africa
Douglas Cohen, 2010-05-28


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Applying Six Sigma in Software Companies for Process Improvement: SS in Software Companies
Adnan Rafiq Khan et al., 2010-05-23


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