Software Process Improvement: Concepts and Practices

Software Process Improvement: Concepts and Practices......Page 2 Table of Contents......Page 4 Preface......Page 7 Software Process Models......Page 11 Process Modeling Techniques......Page 16 Process Assessment......Page 19 Conclusions......Page 24 References......Page 25 Chapter 2— The Soft System Methodology as a Framework for Software Process Improvement......Page 27 System Failures - Reasons and Responses......Page 28 Soft System Methodology and Information Systems Development......Page 34 Recursive Soft System Methodology......Page 35 A Framework for SPI......Page 36 Summary......Page 37 References......Page 38 Chapter 3— An Analysis of Excluded IS Processes in the Capability Maturity Model and Their Potential.........Page 41 Brief Overview of the CMM......Page 42 Brief Overview of the ISMA......Page 51 Discussion......Page 52 Thwarting of Organizational Learning......Page 53 Conclusion......Page 54 References......Page 56 Chapter 4— Linking Strategies and Operational Goals......Page 57 1— Strategy Reveals the Organization's Purpose in Its Long-term Goals......Page 58 3— Strategy Attempts to Achieve a Long-term, Sustainable Advantage within Each Business Unit by Resp.........Page 59 4— Strategy Identifies the Distinct Managerial Tasks at the Corporation, Business, and Functional Le.........Page 60 7— Strategy is an Expression of the Strategic Intent of the Organization......Page 61 Strategy Planning......Page 62 Goal Question Metric Approach......Page 63 Strategic Planning and GQM......Page 65 Conclusion......Page 68 References......Page 69 Chapter 5— Software Development and Organizational Viability: An Account of the Impact of Organizati.........Page 70 The Viable System Model (VSM)......Page 71 System and Meta-system......Page 72 System Two......Page 74 System Four......Page 75 A Case Study of Daffodil Systems......Page 76 The Inadequacy of Coordination Protocols......Page 77 The Management of Technical Strategy in the Metasystem of VC......Page 79 Analysis: The Implications for Software Development......Page 83 Conclusion......Page 84 References.......Page 85 Chapter 6— Using the Software CMM with Small Projects and Small Organizations......Page 86 Small Organizations and Small Projects......Page 91 Interpreting the CMM......Page 92 Abusing the Software CMM......Page 99 References......Page 100 Chapter 7— IS Change Agents in Software Process Improvement......Page 103 Managing Complex Change......Page 104 Organizational Complexity......Page 105 Nonlinearity in Software Development Organizations......Page 106 Software Process Improvement......Page 108 Quality Focus......Page 110 Change Model......Page 111 Environment Stabilization......Page 112 Quality......Page 113 Conclusion......Page 114 References......Page 116 Chapter 8— Generic Programming, Partial Evaluation, and a New Programming Paradigm......Page 118 Constructed Complex Systems......Page 119 Structure of Paper......Page 120 Generic Programming......Page 121 Partial Evaluation......Page 122 Problem Posing......Page 125 Some Language Examples......Page 126 Some Code Examples......Page 127 Haskell Code Example......Page 128 Declarative Programming......Page 129 Problem Posing Interpretation of Prolog......Page 130 Basic Algorithms of Prolog......Page 132 Integration Infrastructure: Wrapping......Page 134 Wrapping Overview......Page 135 Resources......Page 136 Problems......Page 137 Wrappings......Page 138 Coordination Manager......Page 139 Study Manager......Page 140 SM Recursion......Page 141 Another SM......Page 143 An Application......Page 145 Wrapping Knowledge Bases......Page 146 WKB Semantics......Page 147 Planning Parsers and other PMs......Page 149 Problem Decomposition......Page 150 Case-Based Planning and the Meta-Bump......Page 151 Wrapping and Problem Posing......Page 153 The Wrapping Expression Notation wrex......Page 154 Syntax of wrex......Page 156 Decision Times and Performance......Page 157 Conclusions and Other Claims......Page 158 References......Page 159 Chapter 9— Communicating Project Drift Through Cost/Benefit Scenarios......Page 165 Risk Management and Communication.......Page 166 Cost/benefit Diagrams......Page 167 Discussion......Page 175 References......Page 176 Software Inspection - Past and Present......Page 177 Step 1— Planning......Page 178 Step 4— Logging Meeting......Page 179 Step 6— Follow-up......Page 180 CodeReview Version 1.1 Description......Page 182 CodeReview Main Window......Page 183 Viewing Reference Documents......Page 184 Selecting Attribute Values......Page 185 Commenting on Flags......Page 186 Code Listing......Page 187 Software Inspection— A Primary Collaborative Process......Page 188 Task 1.2.— Create Supporting Documentation......Page 189 Step 2— Kickoff Meeting......Page 190 Task 3.2— Review Other's Defects......Page 191 Task 3.4— When to Exit......Page 192 Task 5.3— Create Measures to Improve Process and Prevent Issues in Future......Page 193 Research Objectives......Page 194 Research Objective #1— Does Process Maturity Significantly Affect Results of Software Inspections?......Page 195 Research Objective #2— Does Inspector Proficiency Significantly Affect Results of Software Inspectio.........Page 196 Method......Page 197 Survey Responses......Page 198 Process Maturity Construct Measurement Is More Complex than Participant Perceptions......Page 200 Using Detailed Level Analysis, Process Maturity Contains Nine Significant Dimensions......Page 201 Discussion......Page 202 A Potentially Important Aspect of Process Maturity is the Inspection Review Rate......Page 203 There Appears to be Support for the Assertion that Inspector Proficiency Affects Results of Software.........Page 204 Perceptions about Individual Performance Might be Preferable to Formal Recordings of Actual Performa.........Page 205 Significance......Page 206 Distributed Software Inspections......Page 207 Software Inspection— Research Agendas......Page 209 Software Inspection— Software Process Improvement Activity......Page 210 Appendix 1— Feedback Survey Format......Page 211 References......Page 214 Chapter 11— A Technical Infrastructure for Process Support......Page 216 Technical Infrastructure......Page 218 Feedback Mechanism......Page 219 Data Requirements......Page 220 Flexibility......Page 223 Techniques......Page 224 Tools......Page 226 An Illustration of a Technical Infrastructure......Page 227 Intranet Technology......Page 229 Structured Team Work......Page 230 Intranet Components......Page 231 Conceptual Schema......Page 232 SQL-Plus......Page 234 Oracle PL-SQL......Page 235 Middleware Component......Page 236 Dynamic HTML......Page 237 JavaScript......Page 238 Application Screens......Page 239 Summary and Conclusion......Page 241 References......Page 242 Author Bios......Page 243 G......Page 247 P......Page 248 T......Page 249 W......Page 250