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This paper discusses the movement in recent years to help the management of software complexity As software complexity continues to grow visualization tools will be important for information to be quickly processed Visualization tools along with sophisticated analysis computation can significantly help the usability of software as well as reduce... Read Article.
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This paper begins with a history of programming in Russia and discusses the abundance of well educated technical specialists Russia has An overview of Russian software companies problems and perspectives and government support are also presented Author s Andrey A Terekhov... Read Article.
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This paper outlines plans for the proposed development of a theory of software evolution Apart from its intrinsic value such a theory will advance understanding of the attributes of this phenomenon its drivers and its practical impact on the software process and its products If achieved such a theory will provide means to identify and justify... Read Article.
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This paper outlines a visionary research program for systems integration that will improve the reliability and robustness of complex systems of systems This program self integrating systems will significantly advance the science underlying computer communication and the engineering of software for network centric systems Author s Steven... Read Article.
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This paper is an interview with Larry Barker president software systems business unit ADC Telecommunications Inc Thornhill Ontario Canada Larry Barker explains products and services offered by the software systems unit of ADC what it takes to stay on top of technology and ADC s growth and future Author s LEADERS... Read Article.
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This Watts New column focuses on the overall trends in our industry and what we will likely see in the future In particular the forces at work on software intensive businesses and how businesses are likely to change in response to these forces Author s Watts S Humphrey... Read Article.
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This report looks into the future of software in attempt to encourage and stimulate wider discussion about the long term software research agenda The report addresses future software scenarios which addresses the issues how software and society will interact how software will be used how software will behave and how software will be developed... Read Article.
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The Cleanroom process is a theory based team oriented process for the development and certification of high reliability software systems under statistical quality control Its principal objective is to develop software that exhibits zero failures in use For this purpose the life cycle is different from conventional software development techniques... Read Article.
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There are circumstances where quality is paramount and any kind of error cannot be tolerated When these circumstances arise special measures need to be taken to ensure quality from the start Moreover quality needs to be verified upon project completion The Cleanroom method of software development ensures the highest quality when developing... Read Article.
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This report discusses the Cleanroom Software Engineering Reference Model CRM Contents include the Cleanroom Software Engineering Reference Model Cleanroom Software Engineering Overview Cleanroom Software Engineering technology Cleanroom Software Engineering Processes and Cleanroom Software Engineering Work Products Author s Richard... Read Article.
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This is an introduction of CHAOS by the chairman of The Standish Group This introduction briefly explains each chapter in the report The report details the results of over 40 000 completed IT projects 400 plus workshops focus groups and project group therapy sessions Nine years of research on why projects succeed or failed is presented Author s... Read Article.
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This article is about how the software development process can be just as critical to a small project s success as it is to that of a large one The authors present scenarios why a process can be important to small projects for reasons other than the large number of dependencies The authors then describe their software development process and then... Read Article.
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This paper discusses a key result of FEAST 1; that the global software process is a feedback system whose behaviour is strongly impacted by the properties of the feedback mechanisms it contains FEAST 2 goals are include and lists are presented of extracted material of the detailed FEAST 2 plans in the project proposal A list of tasks the authors... Read Article.
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This document describes the Standard CMMISM Assessment Method for Process Improvement SCAMPI This document explains the role of assessments in the context of the IDEALSM Initiating Diagnosing Establishing Acting Leveraging approach to software process improvement Guidelines are provided for establishing resource requirements for conducting... Read Article.
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This report presents a guide for how to plan for a software process assessment and how to use the assessment results to guide process improvement It defines the steps associated with conducting a successful assessment and identifies the framework needed to establish a successful process improvement program The assessment methodology is based... Read Article.
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As part of the Software Process Assessment Standard this document establishes the requirements for a software process assessment for rating analysing and profiling an assessment and defines the circumstances under which assessment results are comparable This document describes a process assessment framework which encourages self assessment... Read Article.
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This slide presentation describes a personal software process PSP A framework is introduced for statistically managed software engineering discipline on a personal level Key process areas of the PSP are covered and compared to the capability maturity model Author s Mike Grasso... Read Article.
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This part of this International Standard provides overall information on the concepts of software process assessment and its use in the two contexts of process improvement and process capability determination It describes how the parts of the suite fit together and provides guidance for their selection and use It explains the requirements contained... Read Article.
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This PowerPoint presentation outlines the Team Software Process It includes TSP strategy TSP process life cycle phases cycle descriptions cycle phases motivation teamwork common team problems and a TSP planning overview Author s Author Unknown... Read Article.
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This report describes the TSP and how it was developed Starting with a brief background discussion of software quality the report provides an overview of the basic elements of teamwork It then describes the relationships among the TSP Personal Software Process PSP and Capability Maturity Model CMM process improvement initiatives The report... Read Article.
