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Doing More for Less in Software and Solutions Development - (download PDF file, Mini-News, Jan 2008)
Meeting tight schedules through cycle time reduction - (download PDF file Vol. 7, No. 1, March 2000)
Accelerating product development through cycle time reduction - (download PDF file Vol. 8, No. 1, Feb 2001)
Software Requirements
Managing requirements - (download PDF file Vol. 11, No. 2, Oct 2004)
Getting product requirements - sorting the information - (download PDF file Vol. 8, No. 1, Feb 2001)
Inspection, Bugs and Rework
Finding bugs quickly and reducing wasted time - (download PDF file Vol. 6, No. 2, September 1999)
Selling your ideas
Management commitment vital to ensure process improvement
'We must over-commit - we must win business' - (download PDF file Vol.11, No. 1, February 2004)
Does e-commerce software need engineering? - (download PDF file Vol. 7, No. 1, March 2000)
Coping with risk
How to communicate estimates clearly
Market window: Myth or fact?
Writing (SMART) achievable goals
Overcommitment: An artist's tale
Book review, "The Deadline," DeMarco, Tom.
Book review, "Getting to Yes," Fisher, R., and Ury, W.
Book review, "Principles of Software Engineering Management," Gilb, T.
Making Significant Improvements Using Senior Management (download PDF file, Mini-News, October 2007)
Management role: ensuring that improvement sticks - (download PDF file Vol. 6, No. 2, September 1999)
Steamrolling the organization with process, or is there a better way?
Rolling out a process
Compelling improvement
Why people behave the way they do
Process improvement meets 'Peopleware': People are the key asset of any organization
Out of the box
Book review, "The Decline and Fall of the American Programmer," Yourdon, E.
Book review, "Leadership is an Art," DePree, Max.
Book review, "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," Covey, S.Book review, "Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams," DeMarco, Tom. Lister, Timothy.
Book review, "The Goal," Eliyahu M. Goldratt. - (download PDF file Vol. 6, No. 2, September 1999)
Book review, "The Death of Common Sense," Howard, Philip K.
Book review, "Quality is Still Free," Crosby, Philip.
Book review, "Quality Software Management, Volume 4 Anticipating Change," Weinberg, G.
Are we on Track for CMMI Level N? (download PDF file, Mini-News, July 2008)
Appraisals and CMMI Gotchas (March 2008, PDF file, 293K)
Implementing an Improvement Program (a checklist) (March 2008, PDF file, 293K)
Implementing Measurement and Analysis (July 2007, PDF file, 386K)
Decision Analysis and Resolution Process (Oct 2005, PDF file, 384K)
CMMI: SAM and ISM Applicability (Oct 2005, PDF file, 384K)
CMMI-based appraisals: how large should they be? - (Download PDF file Vol. 12, No. 1, March 2005)
Practical Process Improvement Planning (download PDF file Vol.10, No. 2, February 2003)
Shoestring Process Improvement - don't stop because times are tough (download PDF file Vol.9, No. 2, October 2002)
A goal-problem approach for scoping an improvement program - (download PDF file Vol. 6, No. 2, September 1999)
Using the CMM effectively
Assessments, audits and certification
An objective view
Report review, "Benefits of CMM-Based Software Process Improvement: Initial Results," Technical Report CMU/SEI-94-TR-13 ESC-TR-94-013
What lessons have we learned so far? (download PDF file Vol. 9, No. 1, February 2002)
Checking improvement - (download PDF file Vol. 7, No. 1, March 2000)
Measure your effectiveness -- if you dare
Revising your approach to process improvement
Planning improvement
Process improvement is a contact sport
Real process improvement - getting what you need
Adopting ideas: Planning for change and knowing who to work with
Communicating process deployment
Some bright ideas for SEPGs
Book review, "The Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully," Weinberg, Gerald M.
Implementing Product and Process Quality Assurance (download PDF file Vol. 13, No. 1, October 2006)
Practical Project and Process Documentation (download PDF file Vol. 9, No. 2, October 2002)
Risk-based process tailoring
Rules of thumb writing processes: Lessons learned from the trenches
Selecting consultants
Using Six Sigma for improvement and comparison to CMM/CMMI (download PDF file Vol. 11, No. 1, February 2004)
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