Case Studies of Software Process Improvement Methods

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.

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Author

Daniel J. Paulish

This report is related to the following area(s) of work:

Case Studies
Measurement and Analysis

Technical Report
CMU/SEI-93-TR-026
December 1993

Cite This Report

SEI:

Paulish, Daniel; Case Studies of Software Process Improvement Methods (CMU/SEI-93-TR-026). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 1993. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/93tr026.cfm

IEEE:

D. Paulish, "Case Studies of Software Process Improvement Methods," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Technical Report CMU/SEI-93-TR-026, 1993. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/93tr026.cfm

APA:

Paulish, D., (1993). Case Studies of Software Process Improvement Methods (CMU/SEI-93-TR-026). Retrieved May 20, 2013, from the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University website: http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/93tr026.cfm

CHI:

Paulish, Daniel, Case Studies of Software Process Improvement Methods (CMU/SEI-93-TR-026). Pittsburgh, PA: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 1993. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/93tr026.cfm

MLA:

Paulish, D., 1993. Case Studies of Software Process Improvement Methods (Technical Report CMU/SEI-93-TR-026). Pittsburgh: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/93tr026.cfm

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