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Home > CrossTalk Mar 2006

CrossTalk - The Journal of Defense Software Engineering
  March 2006  
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Table of Contents Download Entire Issue (0603CrossTalk.pdf PDF 1849KB)
  PSP/TSP  
  * Using TSP With a Multi-Disciplined Project Management System  (0603Chick.pdf PDF 185KB)
by Timothy A. Chick
Incorporating the Team Software Process data into an earned value management system that tracks the entire project enables managers to consider how work performance by one group impacts other groups within a project.
 
  * Factors Affecting Personal Software Quality  (0603Paulk.pdf PDF 269KB)
by Dr. Mark C. Paulk
An understanding of the factors that influence software quality may help managers implement practices that support high-quality software.
 
  * Designing in UML With the Team Software Process  (0603WebbLipkinShraer.pdf PDF 166KB)
by David R. Webb, Ilya Lipkin, and Evgeniy Samurin-Shraer
This article examines how modern design techniques can be used on a Team Software Process project to create a flexible and mobile design tool with rigid, disciplined process.
 
  * Maturing the PSP: Developing a Body of Knowledge and Professional Certification for PSP-Trained Software Developers  (0603PomeroyHuff.pdf PDF 139KB)
by Dr. Marsha Pomeroy-Huff
Now there is a way to delineate and document the core skills and knowledge that set Personal Software Process (PSP) practitioners apart from other software engineers, enabling guidelines to measure capabilities as well as developing content for PSP-related training, curricula, or credentials.
 
 
  Software Engineering Technology  
  * Understanding the Logic of System Testing  (0603Chernak.pdf PDF 127KB)
by Dr. Yuri Chernak
This article discusses the logic of system testing, and the steps to construct valid proofs that testers need to form their conclusions about the quality of a software product.
 
  * Availability, Reliability, and Survivability: An Introduction and Some Contractual Implications  (0603MurphyMorgan.pdf PDF 181KB)
by Dr. Jack Murphy and Dr. Thomas Ward Morgan
These authors show the relationship between cost, performance, and service-level agreements (SLAs) levels established by the customer when SLAs specify availability, reliability, or survivability objectives.
 
 
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