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Software Development Process Improvement: The Forgotten Son?

Gregg Tong (Marketing Communications Manager of Management Roundtable, Inc., a firm which has been sponsoring conferences, seminars and other events focused on management and technological issues in the manufacturing industry since 1980. He may be contacted at Management Roundtable, Inc., 1050 Commonwealth Avenue, Suite 301, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Tel: +1 617 232 8080; Fax: +1 617 232 0879; E‐mail: MGMTROUND@AOL.COM. The SEI (Customer Support) can be contacted at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. Tel: +1 412 268 5800.)

World Class Design to Manufacture

ISSN: 1352-3074

Article publication date: 1 October 1994

2006

Abstract

Explores the issues surrounding process improvements in the software development function of product development, an area traditionally neglected by corporate quality programmes. Explains the need for implementation of software process improvement, the current state of such initiatives in industry, and cites a case study of successful implementation at Hewlett Packard. Provides guidelines on identifying the need for such a programme in an organization, information on Carnegie Mellon University′s Software Engineering Institute (SEI) and instructions for receiving additional information.

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Tong, G. (1994), "Software Development Process Improvement: The Forgotten Son?", World Class Design to Manufacture, Vol. 1 No. 5, pp. 21-25. https://doi.org/10.1108/09642369210069788

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MCB UP Ltd

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