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Last Updated: 15 October 2004

Web Links

This section of IDC's web site is dedicated to helping you find other useful sources of information relevant to process improvement, quality management, and organizational learning. These links are not intended to be endorsements by IDC, but are provided as a convenient way to find out more on topics and subjects of interest.

If you have web pages you would like to recommend be added to this list, comments on the links listed, or problems getting to the links, please send us an e-mail message.

Software Engineering
Visit a "virtual library" on software engineering http://rbse.jsc.nasa.gov/virt-lib/soft-eng.html

Software Process Improvement

The CMMs
The CMM for Software http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/
93.reports/93.tr.024.html
Key Practices of the CMM for Software http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/
93.reports/93.tr.025.html
Articles on the CMM for Software http://www.sei.cmu.edu/cmm/cmm.articles.html
Detailed information about the CMM on-line http://rbse.jsc.nasa.gov/process_maturity/
CMM/TR25/tr25.html
Information about Ken Dymond's book on the CMM (recommended) http://www.okstate.edu/~cmccann/info/book1.html

Process, Process Management, and Improvement
A brief overview of software process and process improvement Introduction to Process and Process Improvement
Information about the European Software Institute (ESI) http://www.esi.es/
One process team's favorite Crosstalk articles http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/ptech/pt_art.html
One perspective on software process improvement (SPI) http://www2.umassd.edu/swpi/swpi2.html

Quality and Quality Management

Quality Groups and Organizations
Arizona Software Association

Dedicated to promoting the growth, prosperity and recognition of a world class software industry in Arizona by providing education, information, networking, leadership and support.

http://www.azsoft.com/
The Deming forum in Dallas, or to find out if there is a forum near you http://rampages.onramp.net/~dumont/index.htm

Personal Software Process (PSP) and Team Software Process (TSP)
Data on what some organizations have achieved with PSP

http://www.ASKProcess.com/PSPData.html

Organizational Learning

Systems Thinking
Applying systems thinking to software engineering www.stise.com

Simulations and Learning Environments
   

Chaos Theory and Complexity
Overview of chaos theory http://life.csu.edu.au/vl_complex/topics.html

Latest News

IDC principal consultant Jim Hart will give two presentations at the 2004 EuroSTAR/ EuroSP3 Conference (Thursday, 2 December 2004). One is on Experiences with a Risk-Based Approach to CMMI Improvement. The second is on The Use of Systems Thinking to Break Down Barriers and Resolve Conflicts Between Teams.

 
 
RPI Alliance
 
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