Practical Software Metrics for Project Management and Process ImprovementThis application-oriented book shows how to apply proven software metrics and methods to efficiently manage software development and maintenance--to help boost productivity, efficiency, and quality of software projects at every stage of the process. Detailing practical methods throughout, the book covers tips to best measure and present progress, a useful model for understanding organization limitations, possible problems in process improvement illustrated by examples, evidence of what works and what doesn't work, and more. An ideal reference for project managers and professionals responsible for process improvement.n |
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... environment for yourself and a project team by focusing on complexity . Nathan Lowell tells a story of how he and a group that were maintaining a material control system written in COBOL transformed their environment . It had been ...
... environment for yourself and a project team by focusing on complexity . Nathan Lowell tells a story of how he and a group that were maintaining a material control system written in COBOL transformed their environment . It had been ...
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... environment and experienced the same problems , then we would have fixed those specific problems by now . It would be as if we knew which thorn bush hid the pot of gold . Instead , there are many different environments . While many ...
... environment and experienced the same problems , then we would have fixed those specific problems by now . It would be as if we knew which thorn bush hid the pot of gold . Instead , there are many different environments . While many ...
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... environments , we can do one last interesting exercise . Let's look at the data across environments to see if there are any general conclusions to draw . Remember that even though the pie charts only showed the top eight sources of ...
... environments , we can do one last interesting exercise . Let's look at the data across environments to see if there are any general conclusions to draw . Remember that even though the pie charts only showed the top eight sources of ...
Contents
Software Tools and Environments | 6 |
Practical Rules of Thumb | 14 |
Major Strategies | 22 |
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