STSC CrossTalk - November 2002 Issue

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		November 2002

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Best Practices

The 10 Most Powerful Principles for Quality in Software and Software Organizations (

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by Tom Gilb
These 10 classic ideas are time-tested and proven to improve software quality and costs due to their solid principles: measurement, quantification, and feedback.

Software Engineering Technology

Learning From Agile Software Development - Part Two (

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by Alistair Cockburn
The final part of this two-part series completes the list of 10 principles for setting up and running software projects, then explains ways that cost- and plan-driven projects can borrow from agile software development to improve strategies and hedge against surprises.

Using SW-TMM to Improve the Testing Process (

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by Thomas C. Staab
This article describes how the SW-TMM really can help improve your testing process, either alone or in conjunction with the Capability Maturity Model for Software.

Reality Configuration Management (

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by Donald E. Casavecchia
This article presents a real-life experience in configuration management and the differences among the archival, open, focused, and optimized repository methods.

Open Forum

Document Diseases and Software Malpractice (

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by Gregory T. Daich
In the context of human diseases, software documentation errors take on an alarming tone that motivates developers to plan immediate project cost and quality treatments.

Defense Software Development in Evolution (

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by Capers Jones
This article tabulates years of measuring software quality and productivity to relate how the Department of Defense ranks when compared with the civilian sector.

Online Article

Securing Information Assets: Security Knowledge in Practice
by Lawrence Rogers and Julia Allen

EVM and Software Project Management: Our Story
by Walter H. Lipke

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