Oy Laatukonsultointi P. Kantelinen Ab
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Real -life success stories, experiences

  1. SEI CMMI Performance Results Summary and examples
  2. SEI CMM® Based Software Improvement, Benefits and Case Study Knowledge Base (free registration required on https://seir.sei.cmu.edu/seir/)
  3. SEI's Compiled List of Published Appraisal Results
  4. DACS SOftware Process Improvement Return-on-Investment Dashboard
  5. David Rico's home pages/Online papers of softwrae process improvement, including ROI (Return on Investment)
  6. The story of the development of Borland Quattro Pro
  7. "The Costs and Benefits of Software Process Improvement", tech report ISERN-97-12, International Software Engineering Research Network, 1997
  8. Performance Outcomes from Process Improvement, SoftwareTech, March 2007
  9. CrossTalk September 2005: Top 5 Department of Defense Program Awards
  10. CrossTalk July 2004: 2003 US Goverment Top 5 Quality Software Projects
  11. CrossTalk July 2003: 2004 US Goverment Top 5 Quality Software Projects
  12. CrossTalk January 2002: 2001 CrossTalk Top 5 Quality Software Projects
  13. IEEE Software magazine theme issue on Return on Investment, May/June 2004
  14. IEEE Software magazine theme issue on Using Extreme Programming, November/December 2001
  15. S. W. Ambler: "Lessons in Agility from Internet-Based Development", IEEE Software, pp. 66 - 73, March/April 2002
  16. G. Ben-Yaacov, P. Suratkar, M. Holliday, K. Bartelson: "Continuous Quality Improvements at a Silicon Valley High-Tech Software Company", Software Quality Professional, pp. 21 - 28, March 2003
  17. V. Basili, S. Green: "Software Process Evolution at SEL",IEEE Software, pp. 58 - 66, July 1994
  18. V. Basili, F. McGarry, R. Pajerski: "SEL's Software Process-Improvement Program", IEEE Software, pp. 83 - 87, November 1995
  19. G. Ben-Yaacov, A. Joshi: ”Investing in Quality Does Indeed Pay: A Software Process Improvement Case Study”, Software Quality Professional, pp. 45 - 53, June 1999
  20. Judith G. Brodman and Donna L. Johnson: "Return on Investment from Software Process Improvement as Measured by U.S. Industry", Cross Talk, April 1996
  21. S. Bureau: "People, Then Process", Software Development, pp. 42 - 44, April 2004
  22. K L. Butler: "The Economic Benefits of Software Process Improvement", Cross Talk, June 1995
  23. A. Börjesson, L. Mathiassen: ”Successful Process Implementation”, IEEE Software, pp. 36 - 44, July/August 2004
  24. M. Diaz, J. Sligo: "How Software Process Improvement Helped Motorola", IEEE Software, pp. 75 - 81, September/October 1997
  25. R. Dion: "Elements of Process Improvement Program", IEEE Software, pp. 83 - 85, July 1992
  26. R. Dion: "Process Improvement and the Corporate Balance Sheet", IEEE Software, pp. 28 - 35, July/August 1993
  27. O. Drori: “From Theory to Practice or How Not to Fail in Developing Information Systems”, Software Engineering Notes, January 1997
  28. C. Fishman: They Write the Right Stuff, Fast Company.com, December 1996
  29. D. Galin, M. Avrahami: "Are CMM Program Investments Beneficial? Analyzing Past Studies", IEEE Software, pp. 81-87, November/December 2006
  30. D. L. Gibson, D. R. Goldenson, K. Kost: Performance Results of CMMI-Based Process Improvement, Software Engineering Institue, Technical Report CMU/SEI-2006-TR-004, 2006
  31. W. Gillette: "Managing Megaprojects: A Focused Approach", IEEE Software, pp. 28, 30, July 1996
  32. R.L. Glass: "Failure Is Looking More Like Success These Days", IEEE Software, pp. 104 - 103, January/February 2002
  33. R. L. Glass: Software Runaways - Lessons Learned from Massive Software Failure, Prentice Hall, 1998
  34. R. L. Glass: "Evolving a New Theory of Project Success", Communications of the ACM, pp. 17 - 19, November 1999
  35. R.B. Grady & T.V. Slack: “Key Lessons In Achieving Widespread Inspection Use”, IEEE Software, pp. 46 - 57, July 1994
  36. N. Gross: "Rails That Run on Software", Business Week, December 2, 1991
  37. F. Guerrero, Y. Etrovic: ”Adopting the SW-CMM in a Small IT Organization”, IEEE Software, pp. 29 - 35, July/August 2004
  38. T. J. Haley: "Software Process Improvement At Raytheon", IEEE Software, pp. 33 - 41, November 1996
  39. A. Hall, R. Chapman: "Correctness by Construction: Developing a Commercial Secure System", IEEE Software, pp. 18 - 25, January/February 2002
  40. J. Highsmith: "Does Agility Work?", Software Development, pp. 28 - 36, June 2002
  41. D. Houston: ”Cost of Software Quality: Justifying Software Process Improvement to Mangers”, Software Quality Professional, pp. 8 - 16, March 1999
  42. W.S. Humphrey, T.R. Snyder & R.R. Willis: "Software Improvement Process at Hughes Aircraft", IEEE Software, pp. 11 - 23, July 1991
  43. P. Jalote: CMM in Practice: Processes for Executing Software Projects at Infosys, Software Quality, June 2000, http://sqp.asq.org
  44. A. Jarvis, L. Hayes, ed.: Dare To Be Excellent. Case Studies of Software Engineering Practices That Worked, Prentice-Hall, 1999
  45. C. Jones: "The Economics of Software Process Improvement", IEEE Computer, pp. 95 - 97, January 1996
  46. C. Jones: "Patterns of Large Software Systems: Failure and Success", IEEE Computer,pp. 86 - 87, March 1995
  47. C. Jones: "Patterns of Software System Failure and Success, International Thomson, 1996
  48. A. C. Jost: Small Project Survival Among the CMMI Level 5 Big Processes, CrossTalk, February 2008
  49. G. Keeni: "The Evolution of Quality Processes at Tata Consultancy Services", IEEE Software, pp. 79 - 88, July/August 2000
  50. J. King, M. Diaz: "How CMM Impacts Quality, Productivity, Rework, and the Bottom Line", Cross Talk, March 2002,
  51. M. Kress: ”World-Class Software Quality in Practice”, Software Quality, March 1998
  52. H. Krasner: "The Payoff for Software Process Improvement (SPI): What it is and How to get it", Software Process Newsletter, September 1994
  53. F. McGarry, B. Decker: "Attaining Level 5 in CMM Process Maturity", IEEE Software, pp. 87 - 96, November/December 2002
  54. F. McGarry, R. Pajerski, G. Page, S. Waligora, V. Basili, M. Zelkowitz: Software Process Improvement in the NASA Software Engineering Laboratory, Software Engineering Institue, Technical Report CMU/SEI-94-TR-22, ESC-TR-94-022, December 1994
  55. T. McGibbon: "A Business Case for Software Process Improvement Revised. Measuring Return on Investment from Software Engineering and Management", DACS techical report SP0700-98-400, 1999
  56. M. Murugappan, G. Keeni: ”Blending CMM and Six Sigma to Meet Business Goals”, IEEE Software,pp. 42 - 48, March/April 2003
  57. L. G. Oldham, D. B. Putman, M. Peterson, B. Rudd, K. Tjoland: "Benefits Realized from Climbing the CMM Ladder", Cross Talk, May 1999
  58. A. K. Onoma, T. Yamaura: "Practical Steps Toward Quality Development", IEEE Software, pp. 68 - 77, September 1995
  59. B. Pitterman: "Telecordia Technologies: The Journey to High Maturity", IEEE Software, pp. 88 - 96, July/August 2000
  60. R. M. Poston, M. W. Bruen: "Counting Down to Zero Software Failures", IEEE Software, September 1987
  61. D. Reifer: ”Let the Numbers Do the Talking”, Cross Talk, March 2002
  62. D. Reifer, A. Chatmon, C. D. Walters: "The Definitive Paper: Quantifying the Benefits of Software Process Improvement", Software Tech News, November 2002
  63. J. Rooljmans, H. Aerts, M. av Genuchten: "Software Quality in Consumer Electronics Products" IEEE Software, pp. 55 - 64, January 1996
  64. W. Royce: Software Project Management. A Unified Framework, Appendix D (CCPDS-R Case Study) Addison Wesley, 1998 or download a summary here
  65. N. F. Schneidewind: ”Measuring and Evaluating Maintenance Process Using Reliability, Risk, and Test Metrics”, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, pp. 769 - 781, November/December 1999
  66. S. Slaughter, D. E. Harter, M. S. Krishnan: "Evaluating the Cost of Software Quality", Communications of the ACM, pp. 67 - 73, August 1998
  67. R. van Solingen: "Measuring the ROI of Software Process Improvement", IEEE Software, pp. 32 - 38, May/June 2004
  68. J.A. Stark, R. Crocker: "Trends in Software Process: The PSP and Agile Methods", IEEE Software, pp. 89 - 91, May/June 2003
  69. B. D. Tackett, B. Van Doren: "Process Control for Error-Free Software: A Software Success Story", IEEE Software, pp. 22 - 29, May/June 1999
  70. C. Tully: Improving Software Practice. Case Experiences. Wiley, 1998
  71. L. Williams, etc.: "Strengthening the Case for Pair Programming", IEEE Software, pp. 19 - 25, July/August 2000
  72. S. Woodward: "Evolutionary Project Management", IEEE Computer, pp. 49 - 57, October 1999
  73. H. Wohlwend, S. Rosenbaum: "Schlumberger's Software Improvement Program", IEEE Transactions of Software Engineering, pp. 833 - 839, November 1994
  74. G. Yamamura: "Process Improvement Satisfies Employees", IEEE Software, pp. 83 - 85, Septmeber/October 1999
  75. G. Yamamura, G B. Wigle: "SEI CMM Level 5: For the Right Reasons", Cross Talk, August 1997