本书是CMM实现指南：如何改进软件过程的影印版，是国外优秀信息科学与技术系列教学用书。本书体现了权威性、系统性、先进性和经济性等特点。并附一张光盘。

1 Introduction: Performing Software Process Improvement

2 Assumptions: Turning the Culture Around

3 Assessments: Looking at Your Reflection in the Mirror

4 Improvement Cycles: Dancing With the Rhythms

5 Action Plans: Preparing for Movement

6 Process Documents: Collaborating to Define the Steps

7 Process Implementation: Lifting the Spirits of the Performers

8 Perspectives: Dancing Together and Creating a Better Performance

Preface

Industry and Community

The software industry has experienced tremendous and unprecedented growth over the past 40 years, and global and economic infrastructures are becoming more and more dependent on software. The software industry has been one of the fastest growing industries ever to exist. Along with it ,a supporting industry has developed and grown into a strong international community: the community of SEPGs.

What Is an SEPG?

A Software Engineering Process Group(SEPG)is a team of software professionals with responsibility for driving and facilitating software process improvement efforts within a software organization.

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Kim Caputo has for years been responsible for software process improvement in various organizations at Unisys Corporation.She is also a frequent lecturer on CMM implementation at sortware engineering and software process conferences.Given her experience as a professional ballet dancer,Kim is able to illuminate process improvement with striking analogies to dance.