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| Author(s) |
Year |
Article |
Some Description |
Relation to Article |
| W.S. Humphrey T.R. Snyder R.R. Willis |
July 1991 |
Software process
improvement at Hughes Aircraft |
After
initial assessment found the Software Engineering Division (SED) to
be a level two organization, strengths and weaknesses of the SED
were indentified and
recommendations were made for process improvement. After establishing
and implementing an action plan, the SED grew from level 2 to a level
3 in just 2 years. |
This
paper shows
clearly the differences between initial and final assessment for the
growth one process
maturity level. |
| R. Dion |
July 1993 |
Process Improvement and Corporate
Balance Sheet |
By attempting
process improvement based on a 3-phase cycle of stabilization,
control and change, the maximum benefits attainable were calculated. |
It is shown that a cut down on
rework costs due process-improvement has increased productivity.
Thus proving the thesis of the article. |
| J. Herbsleb |
1994 |
Benefits of CMM-Based Software Process
Improvement : Initial Results |
Data from 13
organizations were collected and analyzed to obtain information on the
results of CMM-based software process improvement efforts |
Different case studies proved the thesis
that that software process improvement
can pay off. |
| H.Wohlwend S.Rosenbaum |
Nov 1994 |
Schlumberger's software improvement program |
A software process
improvement effort was started of by a small
group. As productive changes occurred across the company, improvements in many
development areas, including project planning and requirements
management, were observed. |
This
paper shows how process maturity was taught and calculated
in a major company. |
| M.C.Paulk |
1995 |
Capability Maturity
Model, The: Guidelines for Improving the Software Process
|
The Capability Maturity Model for
Software (CMM) is a framework that demonstrates the key elements of an
effective software process. The CMM describes an evolutionary
improvement path for software development from an immature
process to a mature, disciplined process, in a path laid out in five
levels |
Article uses the SW-CMM model
described. It has also refined SW-CMM model to break up CMM Level 1 to
CMM-Level 1 Lower half and CMM-Level 1 Upper half. |
| Judith G. Brodman Donna L.
Johnson |
1996 |
Return on Investment(ROI) from Software
Process
Improvement as Measured by U.S. Industry |
This
report describes the research
results, which include a profile of metric usage according to software
maturity level (Levels 1 through 5) and the organizational factors that
contribute to higher and lower process maturity. |
This research uses similar methods as
article to collect data but uses a mapping technique to derive the
relationship between process improvement trends and organization |
| B.K. Clark |
1997 |
The Effects of Software Process
Maturity on Software Development Effort |
This research examines the effects of
Software Process Maturity, using a SW-CMM, on development effort,
where effort is the primary determinant of software development cost
and schedule. |
The
article is just an extension of this report. This report explains
clearly the equations derived for the article. |
Thomas McGibbon
|
1999 |
A Business
Case for Software Process Improvement Revised |
The benefits of improved software management
has been demonstrated from a business, profit and loss, and senior
management perspective using software process improvement techniques. The intent
is to generalize and model the cost benefits one can achieve from
software process improvement. |
This report examines the Software Process
Improvement (SPI) and shows the cost benefits attainable through
SPI. Cocomo Model is used to create a spreadsheet. |
| B.Boehm |
2000 |
Software Cost Estimation with COCOMO II
|
Defines COCOMO II which is a classic
rework of the COCOMO model to address modern software processes and
construction techniques along with representative examples of
applying the models to key software decision situations. It also
introduces emerging COCOMO II extensions for cost and schedule
estimation of COTS integration and rapid development. |
Article uses the CocomoII Model based on
this paper to derive the equation to carry out the study. |