Reducing Risk with Software Process Improvement

Louis Poulin (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

280 Seiten

2005
Auerbach (Verlag)
978-0-8493-3828-1 (ISBN)

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Offers advice for project and application managers looking to minimize the number of crises they have to deal with and for IT practitioners seeking the practical solutions that lead to career advancement. This book focuses on software development and maintenance, highlighting the most frequently encountered problems that arise from poor processes.

Reducing Risk with Software Process Improvement recommends the critical practices that aid in the successful delivery of software products and services. The author describes the observations that he made over a period of ten years in IT projects and organizations. He focuses on the areas of software development and maintenance, highlighting the most frequently encountered problems that occur due to poor processes. The author derives recommendations from 40 comprehensive assessments of IT organizations.

This book details the potential or real problems each organization experienced, and offers anecdotes on how these problems resulted from deficient practices, what their impacts were, and how improving specific practices benefitted the organizations.

This volume provides valuable advice for project and application managers looking to minimize the number of crises they have to deal with, and for IT practitioners seeking the practical solutions that lead to career advancement. It benefits customers who need to know what to look for before purchasing IT products or services, and helps investors analyze the efficiency of IT companies before making investment decisions.

Louis Poulin

The Information Age. Managing Requirements. Planning. Tracking Progress. Assuring Quality. Releasing Products, Deploying Services and Controlling Changes. Contracting Out. Developing Products. Coordinating. Reviewing and Inspecting. Providing Services to Customers. Focusing on Processes. Training Personnel. Managing IT Initiatives. Building a Culture. The Reality of Information Technology Initiatives. On Probabilistic Risk Identification, Mapping and Evaluation.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	26.5.2005
Zusatzinfo	14 Tables, black and white; 51 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	521 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Netzwerke
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Software Entwicklung
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Theorie / Studium
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Projektmanagement
ISBN-10	0-8493-3828-X / 084933828X
ISBN-13	978-0-8493-3828-1 / 9780849338281
Zustand	Neuware