Software Assessments, Benchmarks, and Best Practices

Renowned author Capers Jones draws on his extensive experience in economic analysis to present Software Assessments, Benchmarks, and Best Practices, a useful combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches to software development analysis. When assessment data and benchmarking data are analyzed jointly, it is possible to show how specific tools and practices impact the effectiveness of an organization's development efforts. The result is a clearer, bigger picture--a roadmap that allows an organization to identify areas for improvement in its development efforts.

• With this book as your guide, you will learn:
• To combine assessments and benchmarking for optimal software analysis
  
• To identify best and worst practices for software development
  
• To improve software quality and application effectiveness
  
• To reduce costs of software maintenance by avoiding software errors

Table of contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Software Process Assessments

Chapter 3 Software Benchmarks And Baselines

Chapter 4 Thirty-Six Key Factors For Software Assessment And Benchmark Studies

Chapter 5 Identifying Software Best And Worst Practices

Chapter 6 Software Process Improvements

Chapter 7 Benchmarks And Best Practices For Mis Software Projects

Chapter 8 Benchmarks And Best Practices For Outsourced Software

Chapter 9 Benchmarks And Best Practices For Systems Software

Chapter 10 Benchmarks And Best Practices For Commercial Software

Chapter 11 Benchmarks And Best Practices For Military Software

Chapter 12 Benchmarks And Best Practices For End User Software

Index