Books

Many CMMI-related books have been published, both through Addison-Wesley's SEI Series and through other publishers.

SEI Series Books

CMMI and Six Sigma: Partners in Process Improvement

CMMI and Six Sigma: Partners in Process Improvement focuses on the synergistic, rather than competitive, implementation of CMMI and Six Sigma—with synergy translating to "faster, better, cheaper" achievement of mission success.

CMMI Assessments: Motivating Positive Change

The authors begin their book with an expert overview of what assessments entail, when they make sense, how to set achievable goals for them, and how to lead them to success.

CMMI Distilled: A Practical Introduction to Integrated Process Improvement

This book provides a concise introduction to the CMMI product suite, highlighting the benefits of integrated process improvement, explaining key features of the new, integrated approach to process improvement, and suggesting how to choose appropriate CMMI models and model representations for your organization.

CMMI for Outsourcing: Guidelines for Software, Systems, and IT Acquisition

This book is a practical introduction to the initial CMMI-ACQ and its use in all phases of technology acquisition.

CMMI SCAMPI Distilled: Appraisals for Process Improvement

The authors outline the role of appraisals as part of a comprehensive, state-of-the-art approach to process improvement, showing how SCAMPI integrates with quality initiatives, international standards, and other CMMI models and methods.

CMMI Survival Guide: Just Enough Process Improvement

With a proper guide to help navigate around unknown dangers, potential pitfalls, and false paths, you too can realize substantial business value from a successful CMMI implementation. This book is such a guide, full of the real-life examples to ease your way, and written in a lighter style to ease your reading.

CMMI-ACQ: Guidelines for Improving the Acquisition of Products and Services

CMMI-ACQ (Capability Maturity Model Integration for Acquisition) describes best practices for the successful acquisition of products and services. In addition to the entire CMMI-ACQ model, the book includes tips, hints, cross-references, and other author notes to help you understand, apply, and find more information about the content of the acquisition process areas.

CMMI: Guidelines for Process Integration and Product Improvement, 2nd edition

This book contains the recently released CMMI for Development (CMMI-DEV), Version 1.2, which describes best practices for the development and maintenance of products and services across their entire lifecycle. By integrating essential bodies of knowledge, CMMI for Development provides a single, comprehensive framework for organizations to assess their development and maintenance processes, implement improvements, and measure progress.


Other Books

The following CMMI-related books may be available on the Amazon and Barnes & Noble websites.

Interpreting the CMMI: A Process Improvement Approach, Second Edition
Margaret K.Kulpa and Kent A. Johnson. March 2008

Jumpstart CMM/CMMI Software Process Improvements: Using IEEE Software Engineering Standards
Susan K. Land. 2005

Practical Support for CMMI-SW Software Project Documentation Using IEEE Software Engineering Standards
Susan K. Land and John W. Walz. 2005

CMMI: A Framework for Building World-Class Software and Systems Enterprises
Raghav S. Nandyal. 2004

CMMI: Un itineraire fleche vers le Capability Maturity Model Integration
Richard Basque. October 2004

CMMI Implementation: Embarking on High Maturity Practices
Shivraj Kanungo and Asha Goyal. August 2004

Systematic Process Improvement Using ISO 9001:2000 and CMMI
Boris Mutafelija and Harvey Stromberg. April 2003

Interpreting the CMMI: A Process Improvement Approach
Margaret K.Kulpa and Kent A. Johnson. April 2003

Mini CMMI (SE/SW/IPPD/SS Ver 1.1) - Continuous Representation
Ralph Williams and Patrick Wegerson. November 2002

Mini CMMI (SE/SW/IPPD/SS Ver 1.1) - Staged Representation
Ralph Williams and Patrick Wegerson. April 2002

Making Process Improvement Work: A Concise Action Guide for Software Managers and Practitioners
Neil S. Potter and Mary E. Sakry. March 2002

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