IDEAL: A User's Guide for Software Process Improvement
• SEI Report
Publisher
Software Engineering Institute
CMU/SEI Report Number
CMU/SEI-96-HB-001Abstract
This document describes a software process improvement (SPI) program model, IDEAL, which can be used to guide development of a long-range, integrated plan for initiating and managing an SPI program. The purpose of this document is to provide process improvement managers with a generic description of a sequence of recommended steps for SPI.
Cite This SEI Report
McFeeley, R. (1996, February 1). IDEAL: A User's Guide for Software Process Improvement. (SEI Report CMU/SEI-96-HB-001). Retrieved September 11, 2026, from https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/ideal-a-users-guide-for-software-process-improvement/.
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McFeeley, Robert. "IDEAL: A User's Guide for Software Process Improvement." (CMU/SEI-96-HB-001). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, February 1, 1996. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/ideal-a-users-guide-for-software-process-improvement/.
R. McFeeley, "IDEAL: A User's Guide for Software Process Improvement," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, SEI Report CMU/SEI-96-HB-001, 1-Feb-1996 [Online]. Available: https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/ideal-a-users-guide-for-software-process-improvement/. [Accessed: 11-Sep-2026].
McFeeley, Robert. "IDEAL: A User's Guide for Software Process Improvement." (SEI Report CMU/SEI-96-HB-001). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute, 1 Feb. 1996. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/ideal-a-users-guide-for-software-process-improvement/. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.
McFeeley, Robert. IDEAL: A User's Guide for Software Process Improvement. CMU/SEI-96-HB-001. Software Engineering Institute. 1996. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/ideal-a-users-guide-for-software-process-improvement/