Managing the Software Process

By Matthew Russell

Watts S. Humphrey, drawing on years of experience at IBM and the SEI, provides practical guidance for improving the software development and maintenance process. He focuses on understanding and managing the software process because this is where he feels organizations now encounter the most serious problems, and where he feels there is the opportunity for significant improvement. Both program managers and practicing programmers, whether working on small programs or large-scale projects, will learn how good their own software process is, how they can make their process better, and where they need to begin. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201180952
• ISBN13: 9780201180954
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

true meat and bones

This book is all meat and bones for anybody wanting an indepth study of the software development process. If you've graduated passed Steve McConnell's Microsoft press series, then it is time for you to move on to Watts Humphrey. I am tasked to design all the software development processes in my company and Rapid Development (and other McConnell) books only helped me in the initially phases of designing the process. When...

A book that blends theory with practice nicely & effectivey

In this very useful and stylishly written book Watts S Humphrey, provides practical guidelines for improving the software development and maintenance process. He draws heavily on his experiences at IBM and SEI and focuses on understanding and managing the software process, which according to him is most important and where an organization will face serious problems and where according to him is the best opportunity for significant...

A Classic

This is a classic book that every software developer and manager should read. It explains the concepts behind the five levels of CMM. I know that might sound boring, but the author does a good job of keeping the book reasonably interesting. Most of what you read will sound like common sense, but in practice many companies do not use a lot of common sense when it comes to software development. So this book can serve as...

Fundamental Reading for Software Process

I use this book every day to teach software process at my company. It is a practical and thought-provoking book for software process management. This book should be used as a basic jumping off point, a fundamental look into some very deep areas of content. Expecting more than that is ridiculous, considering its size.

This is the inspiration for the CMM, and darned good!

This was Watts Humphries book which inspired others at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) to develop a model called the Capability Maturity Model for Software. The book attempts to debunk the fantasies of modern software development, such as "Superprogrammers" and "Best People." What is offered instead is a common sense approach which says that you can develop software using realistic schedules and have realistic...