October 2001 Cutter IT Journal -- The Future of SPI

by Cutter Consortium

Brace yourselves -- software process improvement (SPI) is back. "Oh, come on now," you might say. "I worked through SPI 10 years ago. Are people still talking about it?" Yes, we are. Because even if you intend to avoid the Capability Maturity Model like the plague, there are still good ideas on what people can do to develop software better. So how do we make SPI a critical technique for the pragmatist instead of a theoretical exercise? In the October issue of the Cutter IT Journal, we'll discuss the critical elements that were missing in failed SPI projects and what must be present for SPI to work. We'll ask how SPI relates to the business and the people. We'll talk about what happens after the SPI change agent leaves and how we keep people from reverting back to poor processes once all the hoopla is over. SPI isn't just for bookshelves and bureaucrats. Check out this issue to see why you can't keep a good idea down.

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October 2001 Cutter IT Journal -- The Future of SPI October 2001