Software Process Improvement A European View
Enterprises in all developed sectors of the economy — not just the IT sector — are increasingly dependent on quality software-based IT systems. Such systems support management, production, and service functions in diverse organisations. Furthermore, the p
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Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH
Michael Haug Eric W. Olsen Lars Bergman (Eds.)
Software Process Improvement: ~etrics)~easurement)
and Process ~odelling Software Best Practice 4
With 46 Figures and 30 Tables
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Editors: Michael Haug Eric W. Olsen HIGHWARE GmbH Winzererstraße 46 80797 München, Germany [email protected] [email protected]
Lars Bergman Swedisch Institute for Systems Development (SISU) Electrum 212 16440 Kista, Sweden [email protected]
ISBN 978-3-540-41787-3 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Software best practice. p.cm. Ineludes bibliographical re fe ren ces and index. 1. Software quality approaches: testing, verification, and validation 1 M. Haug, E. W. Olsen, L. Consolini, eds. -- 2. Managing the change: software configuration and change management 1 M. Haug ... let al.l , eds. -- 3. Software management approaches: project management, estimation, and life cyele support 1 M. Haug ... [et al.l, eds. -4. Software process improvement : metrics, measurement, and process modelling 1 M. Haug, E. W. Olsen, L. Bergman, eds. ISBN 978-3-642-56618-9 (eBook) ISBN 978-3-540-41787-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-56618-9 1. Software engineering. 1. Haug, Michael, 1951QA76.758 .S6445 2001 005.1--dc21
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Foreword
C. Amting Directorate General Information Society, European Commission, Brussels
Under the 4th Framework of European Research, the European Systems and Software Initiative (ESSI) was part of the ESPRIT Programme. This initiative funded more than 470 projects in the area' of software and system process improvements. The majority of these projects were process improvement experiments carrying out and taking up new development processes, methods and technology within the software development process of a company. In addition, nodes (centres of expertise), European networks (organisations managing local activities), training and dissemination actions complemented the pro
