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Measuring the Software Process

Posted October 31, 2000 | Technology | Cutter Benchmark Review

"Measurement is a sampling process designed to tell us something about the universe in which we live that will enable us to predict the future in terms of the past through the establishment of principles or natural laws." -- Walter Shewhart

Overview

Measuring the Software Process by William Florac and Anita Carleton (Addison-Wesley, 1999) is a self-contained statistical process control (SPC) foundation in the context of software process improvement (SPI).

About The Author
James Heires
James T. Heires is a 13-year veteran of the software industry; the majority of his time was spent with Rockwell Collins, Inc. His professional experiences include design of electronic flight instrumentation, flight management systems, and consumer electronics. Mr. Heires's work in software process improvement culminated with the achievement of Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model Level 3 in two Rockwell Collins business… Read More
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