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From the Foreword by Dr. Roger Pressman:
"With the publication of this book, David Rico cuts through the complexity and confusion associated with the measurement of the software process and provides us with a road map for understanding its costs and benefits. At the core of Rico's approach is an age-old business metric - return on investment (ROI) - a common-sense method for evaluating whether the costs associated with any business activity are justified based on the return (benefit) accrued as the business activity is applied over time." |
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About the Item
An indispensable addition to your project management, software engineering or computer science bookshelf, this book illuminates and simplifies otherwise complex topics in ROI. It presents extremely simple, but powerful metrics, models, and methods for designing professional business cases and providing hard-hitting economic justification. It explores the most popular international methods, models, and standards for software process improvement. The author’s practical tutorial on the costs, benefits, and ROI of software process improvement is a soup-to-nuts guide that helps readers rapidly master powerful concepts. Rico demystifies esoteric concepts in ROI and provides a self-contained tutorial of ROI methods for novices as well as economic experts and a treasure-trove of value adding economic data which is missing from popular texts. The ROI of Software Process Improvement features a number of free downloads to help continue the learning process outside the pages of the book.
This book also features a companion product available for purchase. It is a complete 365-page ROI IDEF0 Methodology Download that can help save you hundreds of hours of development time. For more information, please click here. |
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Key Features
Establishes a foundation, framework, and standard for determining the costs and benefits of SPI and for measuring its ROI
Provides penetrating cost metrics, models, and methods which are usually very proprietary and helps users learn, understand, and master them
Includes a self-contained tutorial of ROI methods for novices as well as economic experts
Presents the only broad-ranging economic analysis of major international SPI methods and the first large-scale economic analysis of mandatory U.S. government standards
Covers quantitative analysis of international SPI methods that are only qualitatively understood and includes a treasure-trove of value-adding economic data missing from other popular texts
Includes over 100 tables and illustrations to facilitate learning and instruction
WAV Offers free downloadable detailed SPI cost models for SW-CMM®, ISO 9001:2000, and CMMI® and spreadsheets with metrics and models for costs, benefits, benefit/cost ratio, net present value, return on investment and breakeven point—available from the Web Added Value™ Download Resource Center at www.jrosspub.com
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About the Author(s)
David F. Rico is a software process improvement consultant specializing in cost, benefit, and return-on-investment analysis. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science and an M.S.A. in Software Engineering and has been in the field of computer programming since 1983. He has been an international keynote speaker and is a well published author. Some of his noteworthy accomplishments include designing software for NASA's $20 billion space station, spearheading SW-CMM® and ISO 9001 initiatives for Fujitsu in Tokyo, modernizing a family of U.S. Air Force static radar ranges, reengineering 36 military logistics depots in Cairo, designing a $30 billion constellation of U.S. Air Force satellites, conducting a $42 million U.S. Navy source selection, designing a $70 million cost model for U.S. Navy aircraft, and participating in over 15 SW-CMM® initiatives. |
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Table of Contents
Introduction
What Is ROI of SPI?
Why Is ROI of SPI Important?
How Is ROI of SPI Determined?
What Are Key Methods for ROI of SPI?
What Are Key Principles of ROI of SPI?
What Are Pitfalls of ROI of SPI?
Who Cares About ROI of SPI?
Software Process Improvement
What Is SPI?
Why Is SPI Important?
How Is SPI Determined?
What Are Key Methods for SPI?
What Are Key Principles of SPI?
What Are Pitfalls of SPI?
Who Cares About SPI?
Methods for Software Process Improvement
Software Inspection Process
Personal Software Process
Team Software Process
Software Capability Maturity Model®
ISO 9001
Capability Maturity Model Integration®
Methods for Return on Investment Analysis
Benefit
Cost
Benefit/Cost Ratio
Return on Investment
Net Present Value
Breakeven Point
Methods for Benefit Analysis
Productivity
Defect Density
Quality
Defect Removal Efficiency
Defect Removal Model
Software Effort
Total Life Cycle Cost
Methods for Cost Analysis
Software Inspection Process
Personal Software Process
Team Software Process
Software Capability Maturity Model®
ISO 9001
Capability Maturity Model Integration®
Software Inspection Process ROI Methodology
Inspection Cost Methodology
Inspection Benefit Methodology
Inspection B/CR Methodology
Inspection ROI% Methodology
Inspection NPV Methodology
Inspection Breakeven Point Methodology
Personal Software Process ROI Methodology
PSP Cost Methodology
PSP Benefit Methodology
PSP B/CR Methodology
PSP ROI% Methodology
PSP NPV Methodology
PSP Breakeven Point Methodology
Team Software Process ROI Methodology
TSP Cost Methodology
TSP Benefit Methodology
TSP B/CR Methodology
TSP ROI% Methodology
TSP NPV Methodology
TSP Breakeven Point Methodology
Software Capability Maturity Model® ROI Methodology
SW-CMM® Cost Methodology
SW-CMM® Benefit Methodology
SW-CMM® B/CR Methodology
SW-CMM® ROI% Methodology
SW-CMM® NPV Methodology
SW-CMM® Breakeven Point Methodology
ISO 9001 ROI Methodology
ISO 9001 Cost Methodology
ISO 9001 Benefit Methodology
ISO 9001 B/CR Methodology
ISO 9001 ROI% Methodology
ISO 9001 NPV Methodology
ISO 9001 Breakeven Point Methodology
Capability Maturity Model Integration® ROI Methodology
CMMI® Cost Methodology
CMMI® Benefit Methodology
CMMI® B/CR Methodology
CMMI® ROI% Methodology
CMMI® NPV Methodology
CMMI® Breakeven Point Methodology
Costs
Software Inspection Process
Personal Software Process
Team Software Process
Software Capability Maturity Model®
ISO 9001
Capability Maturity Model Integration®
Benefits
Software Inspection Process
Personal Software Process
Team Software Process
Software Capability Maturity Model®
ISO 9001
Capability Maturity Model Integration®
Benefit/Cost Ratio
Software Inspection Process
Personal Software Process
Team Software Process
Software Capability Maturity Model®
ISO 9001
Capability Maturity Model Integration®
Return on Investment
Software Inspection Process
Personal Software Process
Team Software Process
Software Capability Maturity Model®
ISO 9001
Capability Maturity Model Integration®
Net Present Value
Software Inspection Process
Personal Software Process
Team Software Process
Software Capability Maturity Model®
ISO 9001
Capability Maturity Model Integration®
Breakeven Point
Software Inspection Process
Personal Software Process
Team Software Process
Software Capability Maturity Model®
ISO 9001
Capability Maturity Model Integration®
Analysis of Return on Investment
Analysis of Costs
Analysis of Benefits
Analysis of Benefit/Cost Ratio
Analysis of Return on Investment
Analysis of Net Present Value
Analysis of Breakeven Point
Optimizing Return on Investment
Low Costs
High Benefits
Good Benefit/Cost Ratio
High Return on Investment
High Net Present Value
Near Breakeven Point
Future of Software Process Improvement
Trainingless Methods
Automated Workflow Methods
Low-Cost Commercial Tools
Non-invasive Measurement
Expert System Workflow Tools
Self-Documenting Approaches
Boundaryless Virtual Teams
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