Software Process Improvement Approaches

To be able to manage and improve software processes more thoroughly several approaches have been developed during the last decades. Information is provided on the following approaches:

SEI’s Capability Maturity Model (CMM)

Humphrey’s latest Personal Software Process (PSP)

BOOTSTRAP - the European approach

SPICE - the new International standard being developed

The international guideline ISO 9000-3

The British standard related to ISO 9000-3 : TickIT

A European project result: AMI (Application of Metrics in Industry)