Assessing the Business Value of CMMI® in South Africa: Assessing the business value of software process improvement using CMMI® in South Africa

Assessing the Business Value of CMMI® in South Africa: Assessing the business value of software process improvement using CMMI® in South Africa
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204
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3838368002
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Бизнес и инвестиции. Книги американских издательств 2010 г.

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The Capability Maturity Model Integration or CMMI® remains the dominant standard for software process improvement globally. The lack of software quality standards such as CMMI® is seen as one of the causes of the current uncompetitive state of the South African software industry and so in 2007, a pilot programme called ?Bringing CMMI® to SouthAfrica? was launched. This research focused on the experiences of the South African organisations participating in the South African CMMI® pilot study. The aim was to assist future managerial decision making to assess the business value CMMI® can bring to South African software organisations. Theresearch found that the adoption of CMMI® improved both the internal quality and efficiencies as well as opportunities for growth. The research also established that CMMI® cannot be regarded as a silver bullet solution and that while process improvements can cause short-term upheaval, there are longer-term tangible and intangible...

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