Process Assessment and Improvement

Han van Loon

ISBN 10: 0387300449 / ISBN 13: 9780387300443

Editore: Springer US, Springer US Jun 2007, 2007

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Neuware -Process Assessment and Improvement: A Practical Guide, 2nd ed. provides a powerful and practical approach to improving organizations through process assessment, combined with people factors such as organizational culture and team-based improvement. Originally published in 2004 as the first practical guide to the emerging ISO/IEC 15504 standard, this second edition presents an updated version of process assessments and includes new risk methods.The book covers three major business reasons for process assessment: setting Target Profiles, Process Capability Determination, and Process Improvement. Also provided are figures on the costs of poor quality and the benefits of improvement for organizations involved in software and IT. The comprehensive improvement programs and agile improvement methodologies presented in the book are grounded in successful practices employed in world class organizations. Useful examples, templates and tools are included.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 312 pp. Englisch.

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• Titolo: Process Assessment and Improvement
• Editore: Springer US, Springer US Jun 2007
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0387300449
• ISBN 13: 9780387300443
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Edizione: seconda edizione
• Condizione: Neu

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Process Assessment and Improvement: A Practical Guide, 2nd ed. provides a powerful and practical approach to improving organizations through process assessment, combined with people factors such as organizational culture and team-based improvement. Originally published in 2004 as the first practical guide to the emerging ISO/IEC 15504 standard, this second edition presents an updated version of process assessments and includes new risk methods.

The book covers three major business reasons for process assessment: setting Target Profiles, Process Capability Determination, and Process Improvement. Also provided are figures on the costs of poor quality and the benefits of improvement for organizations involved in software and IT. The comprehensive improvement programs and agile improvement methodologies presented in the book are grounded in successful practices employed in world class organizations. Useful examples, templates and tools are included.

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Process Assessment and Improvement: A Practical Guide, Second Edition, provides a powerful and practical approach to improving organizations through process assessment, combined with people factors such as organizational culture and team-based improvement. Originally published in 2004 as the first practical guide to the emerging ISO/IEC 15504 standard, this second edition presents an updated version of process assessments and includes new risk methods. This guide also offers a separate reference book entitled Process Assessment and ISO/IEC 15504: A Reference Book.

Process Assessment and Improvement: A Practical Guide, Second Edition, covers three major business reasons for process assessment: setting Target Profiles, Process Capability Determination, and Process Improvement.  Also provided are figures on the costs of poor quality and the benefits of improvement for organizations involved in software and IT. The comprehensive improvement programs and agile improvement methodologies presented in this book are grounded in successful practices employed in world class organizations. Useful examples, templates and tools are included.

Process Assessment and Improvement: A Practical Guide, Second Edition, is designed for a professional audience composed of researchers, libraries and practitioners in industry.  This guide is suitable for graduate-level students in computer science and engineering as well.