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Home > CrossTalk Mar 2004

CrossTalk - The Journal of Defense Software Engineering
  Mar 2004  
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Table of Contents Download Entire Issue (0403CrossTalk.pdf PDF 1748KB)
  Software Process Improvement  
  * Accelerating Process Improvement Using Agile Techniques  (0403Jacobs.pdf PDF 323KB)
by Deb Jacobs
With a small, agile process team, it is possible for organizations to accelerate process improvement and still keep costs reasonable and time optimal with minimal project impact.
 
  * Using the Team Software Process in an Outsourcing Environment  (0403Serrano.pdf PDF 114KB)
by Dr. Miguel A. Serrano and Dr. Carlos Montes de Oca
The Team Software Process is a powerful set of practices that provides the right information at the right time to prepare an accurate quote for a buying decision.
 
  * Unlocking the Hidden Logic of Process Improvement: Peer Reviews  (0403Bush.pdf PDF 97KB)
by Marilyn Bush
The submerged links in Level 2 maturity models that lead to Level 3 are key to performing profitable peer reviews that can help catapult organizations to world-class status.
 
  * A Beginner's Look at Process Improvement Documentation  (0403Starbuck.pdf PDF 93KB)
by Ronald A. Starbuck
The Software Engineering Institute's Software Process Framework can give beginners the foundation to understand how to model process documentation that results in successful software process improvement.
 
 
  Software Engineering Technology  
  * Common Errors in Large Software Development Projects  (0403Gaitros.pdf PDF 105KB)
by David A. Gaitros
Project failure can occur at any stage of development. This author explains a few of the reasons why, despite advances in technology, failures happen, and what management can do to prevent problems.
 
 
  Open Forum  
  * Applying Systems Thinking to Process Improvement  (0403West.pdf PDF 119KB)
by Michael West
To improve your organization, apply systems thinking to process improvement to generate break-through approaches to improving systems development, integration, and maintenance.
 
 
  Online Article  
  * When Is It Cost Effective to Use Formal Software Inspections?
by Bob McCann
This author uses a model to show quantitatively that it is cost effective to inspect both original code and most code modifications after initial coding. (Due to the quantity of equations in this article, it is available on-line in PDF format only.)
 
 
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