Overview
- Managers and developers, small IT companies who wish to start with systematic improvement find unique solutions to improve computer efficiency
Part of the book series: International Series in Software Engineering (SOFT, volume 9)
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Table of contents(7 chapters)
About this book
Process Improvement in Practice - A Handbook for IT Companies is designed for small IT companies who wish to start with systematic improvement. The methods and techniques in this handbook are tried in practice, and have proven to be easy to use and scalable for local needs. Managers and developers will discover useful tips to initiate improvement work efficiently. This practical handbook is based on the authors' improvement work in a range of companies since the mid-nineties.
Process Improvement in Practice - A Handbook for IT Companies is designed for a professional audience, composed of researchers and practitioners in industry. This book is also suitable for graduate-level students in software process improvement and software engineering.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"Software development is essentially all about the people, processes, tools, and techniques. This handbook primarily addresses processes and their associated techniques. The authors have really put their ocean of software process knowledge in a very concise and handy pot, of about 100 pages...I have read the book several times, and enjoyed reading every bit of it every time."
- Hari Vishwakarma, Bangalore, India
"Process improvement is, well, something we all know and love … . What I really liked about the book was its high-level treatment of … techniques and how they were woven back into the previous material. Also, the authors made good use of call out boxes, which enhanced the use of the book as a reference. Finally, I really liked the way the techniques were presented. … You may conclude that I really liked this book, which I did … ." (Will Tracz, ACM SIGSOFT, Vol. 31 (2), March, 2006)
Authors and Affiliations
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SINTEF Information and Communication Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Tore Dybå, Torgeir Dingsøyr, Nils Brede Moe
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Process Improvement in Practice
Book Subtitle: A Handbook for IT Companies
Authors: Tore Dybå, Torgeir Dingsøyr, Nils Brede Moe
Series Title: International Series in Software Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b116193
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2004
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-7869-9Published: 30 April 2004
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-8853-2Published: 02 April 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-7879-8Published: 02 May 2006
Series ISSN: 1384-6469
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 114
Number of Illustrations: 36 b/w illustrations
Topics: Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems, Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet), Management of Computing and Information Systems, Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks, Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters