Successful Software Development (2nd Edition)

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Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 9
Authors’ Biographies......Page 26
Science Applications International Corporation......Page 30
Acknowledgments......Page 32
1.1 Introduction......Page 35
1.2 Business Case Key Ideas......Page 42
1.3 What Makes Good Business Sense?......Page 46
1.4 Software Systems Development Concepts......Page 60
1.5 Product “Goodness” and Process “Goodness”......Page 66
1.6 Requisite Software Systems Development Disciplines......Page 70
1.7 Generic Four-Stage Software Systems Development Life Cycle......Page 75
1.8 User, Buyer, and Seller Organizations Involved in Software Systems Development......Page 78
1.9 Obstacles to Improving Software Systems Development Cultures......Page 80
1.10 Alternative Approaches to Software Process Improvement......Page 86
1.11 Preview of the Rest of Book......Page 92
2.1 Introduction......Page 97
2.2 Project Planning Key Ideas......Page 99
2.3 Life Cycle Role in Project Planning......Page 101
2.4 Ideal, Real, and Realistic Project Planning......Page 112
2.5 Risk Assessment and Project Planning......Page 129
2.6 Project Planning Process......Page 134
2.7 Project Plan Contents......Page 144
2.8 Project Planning Summary......Page 150
3.1 Introduction......Page 153
3.2 Software Systems Development Process Key Ideas......Page 158
3.3 Software Systems Development Process Overview......Page 160
3.4 Customer......Page 166
3.5 Seller Process Engineering Group......Page 170
3.6 Customer/Seller Development Team and Change Control Board (CCB)......Page 173
3.7 Seller Senior Management......Page 196
3.8 Software Systems Development Process Summary......Page 199
4.1 Introduction......Page 207
4.2 Change Control Process Key Ideas......Page 212
4.3 Planned and Unplanned Change......Page 215
4.4 The Processing of Changes......Page 221
4.5 Examination of the Change Control Board......Page 241
4.6 Paperwork Support of the Change Control Board......Page 258
4.7 Change Control Process Summary......Page 292
5.1 Introduction......Page 297
5.2 Product and Process Reviews Key Ideas......Page 301
5.3 A Taxonomy of Product and Process Reviews......Page 303
5.4 Combining Reviews for Software Audits......Page 330
5.5 Product and Process Reviews Summary......Page 405
6.1 Introduction......Page 415
6.2 Measurement Key Ideas......Page 427
6.3 Product Integrity......Page 430
6.4 Process Integrity......Page 453
6.5 Capability Maturity Model (CMM) for Software......Page 470
6.6 Other Process-Related Measurements......Page 481
6.7 Measurement Summary......Page 496
7.1 Introduction......Page 511
7.2 Cultural Change Key Ideas......Page 525
7.3 Process Engineering Group (PEG)......Page 527
7.4 Seller Project Participants and Project Managers......Page 563
7.5 Buyer/User Project Management......Page 569
7.6 Buyer/User Senior Management......Page 572
7.7 Seller Senior Management......Page 574
7.8 Cultural Change Summary......Page 576
8.1 Introduction......Page 579
8.2 SEE Implementation Planning Key Ideas......Page 589
8.3 Key SEE Implementation Planning Issues......Page 593
8.4 Making Successful Software Development Happen......Page 702
A.1 Strategic Information Management......Page 705
A.2 Quantifying Strategic Information Management......Page 710
A.3 Diagnostic Areas and Diagnostic Criteria......Page 712
A.4 OM Measurement Map and Measurement Trends......Page 717
A.5 Summary......Page 722
Appendix B: List of Figures......Page 725
Appendix C: List of Tables......Page 737
Bibliography......Page 739
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W......Page 779