Product Strategy and Management  (Paperback)

This bestselling book is a practical guide to improving the software development and maintenance process. Emphasis is placed on the basic principles and priorities of the software process. Sections are organized in a natural way for managers and professionals to implement improvement activities.

Key Features
* Steps required to initiate effective software process change
* Actions needed to establish basic control over the software process
* Methods for specifying the development process
* Methods for quantitative software process control
* How to shift the focus from fixing problems to preventing them

Table of Contents Part I: Software Process Maturity
* A Software Maturity Framework
* The Principles of Software Process Change
* Software Process Assessment The Initial Process

Part II: The Repeatable Process
* Managing Software Organizations
* The Project Plan
* Software Configuration Management Part 1
* Software Quality Assurance

Part III: The Defined Process
* Software Standards
* Software Inspections
* Software Testing
* Software Configuration Management (Continued)
* Defining the Software Process
* The Software Engineering Process Group

Part IV: The Managed Process
* Data Gathering and Analysis
* Managing Software Quality

Part V: The Optimizing Process
* Defect Prevention
* Automating The Software Process
* Contracting for Software
* Conclusion