Practical Support for CMMI-SW Software Project Documentation Using IEEE Software Engineering Standards

SUSAN K. LAND, a Software Engineering Section Manager for Northrop Grumman, is Chair of the IEEE Standards Advisory Board (SAB), a member of the IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors, the IEEE Software and Systems Engineering Standards Committee (S2ESC), the Editorial Board for the IEEE Computer Society (CS) Software Engineering online publication, the IEEE CS Professional Practices Committee, and the development team of the Strawman and Trial versions of the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK®). She is an IEEE Certified Software Development Professional (CSDP) and the author of Jumpstart CMM®/CMMI® Software Process Improvement: Using IEEE Software Engineering Standards. JOHN W. WALZ retired as Senior Manager, Supply Chain Management, Lucent Technologies, where he held leadership positions in hardware and software development, engineering, quality planning, quality auditing, quality standards implementation, and strategic planning. He wrote the TL 9000 chapter in the ISO 9000 Handbook, Fourth Edition and is an expert speaker in the Distinguished Visitor Program of the IEEE Computer Society. Mr. Walz serves on the U.S. Technical Advisory Group to ISO Technical Committee 176: Quality Management and Quality Assurance.

"...a useful bridge into the world of IEEE software engineering standards..." (Software Quality Professional, September 2006)

• Preface. Acknowledgments.1. Introduction and Overview.2. Summary of CMMI-SW®.3. Organizational Institutionalization.4. Implementation Guidance.5. CMMI®-SW Level 2. Support.6. CMMI-SW Level 3.7. Land 2 CMMI® for Small Projects.Appendix A: IEEE Standards Abstracts.Appendix B: Comparison of CMMI®-SW Levels 2 and 3 to IEEE Standards.Appendix C: Software Process Work Products.References.Index.About the Authors.