Practical Support for Lean Six Sigma Software Process Definition Using IEEE Software Engineering Standards

by Land, Susan K.; Smith, Douglas B.; Walz, John W.

• ISBN13: 9780470170809
• ISBN10: 0470170808
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-06-23
• Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Pr

Summary

"This is a good book to have around even if you are not directly involved in quality or project management, regardless of application type...The book is an 'industrial' book, par excellence!" --ACM Software Engineering NotesPractical Support for Lean Six Sigma Software Process Definition illustrates how software process definition, documentation, and improvement should be an integral part of every software engineering effort. The book begins with the fundamentals of software engineering, and goes on to supply software project managers and development staff with the materials needed to define their core software development processes and practices. Next, it helps support the refinement of these software and systems engineering processes using Lean Six Sigma methods.Practical Support for Lean Six Sigma Software Process Definition offers:* An overview of Lean Six Sigma methodologies * Detailed organizational policy examples * An integrated set of over 40 deployable document templates * Examples of over 70 common work products required in support of process improvement activities * Examples of organizational delineation of process documentationThe goal is to provide practical support for individuals responsible for the development and documentation of software processes and procedures and present the reader with an integrated set of documents that support the initial requirements of a Lean Six Sigma program. Practical Support for Lean Six Sigma Software Process Definition is the only book available specifically geared to help engineering teams, software project managers, and quality managers implement Lean Six Sigma processes from an IEEE standards-driven and software engineering best practices approach.

Author Biography

Susan K. Land is employed by MITRE, a not-for-profit organization chartered to operate in the public interest. She has more than twenty years of industry experience in the practical application of software engineering methodologies. Ms. Land is an active volunteer supporting the IEEE Computer Society. A former vice president of the Standards Activities Board (SAB) for the Computer Society, she now serves as a member of this board and as a member of the Software and Systems Engineering Standards Committee (S2ESC). She is also the author of Jumpstart CMM®/CMMI® Software Process Improvement: Using IEEE Software Engineering Standards, and with John W. Walz, Practical Support for CMMI® SW Software Project Documentation: Using IEEE Software Engineering Standards, and Practical Support for ISO 9001 Software Project Documentation: Using IEEE Software Engineering Standards (all published by Wiley). DOUGLAS B. SMITH is a Northrop Grumman Information Technology Technical Fellow and Program Manager of the Northrop Grumman IT Defense Group Lean Six Sigma Program. He is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and has been involved in process improvement since 1987. He is a member of the IEEE and IEEE Computer Society. JOHN W. WALZ retired as senior manager of supply chain management at Lucent Technologies. His thirty-year career at Lucent & AT&T was highlighted by customer-focused and results-oriented management. Mr. Walz is Vice President of the SAB and also serves as a member of the S2ESC.

Table of Contents

Introduction and Overview	p. 1
Standards and Software Process Improvement	p. 7
12207 Primary Life Cycle Processes	p. 17
12207 Supporting Life Cycle Processes	p. 67
12207 Organizational Processes	p. 133
Lean Six Sigma Fundamentals	p. 161
Lean Six Sigma Techniques and DMAIC	p. 173
Applying Lean Six Sigma	p. 233
12207 Supporting Work Products	p. 245
Planning For Small Projects	p. 357
CD ROM Reference Summary	p. 367
IEEE Standards Abstracts	p. 369
Mapping From IEEE 12207 to ISO/IEC 12207:2008	p. 377
Acronyms	p. 379
References	p. 383
Index	p. 411
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