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Continuously Improving Software Process

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This report describes the work of the 1997 recipient of the IEEE Computer Society Software Process Achievement Award, jointly established by the SEI and IEEE to recognize outstanding achievements in software process improvement.
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Software Engineering Institute

CMU/SEI Report Number
CMU/SEI-98-TR-006
DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
10.1184/R1/6574130.v1

Abstract

This report describes the software improvement activities of Hughes Aircraft Company over the last 25 years. The focus is on continuous improvement of the software development process and the deployment of that process from a single organization at Fullerton, California, to virtually all the 5000 software engineers of Hughes Aircraft. For this achievement, the widespread deployment of a continuously improving software process, Hughes Aircraft was awarded the 1997 IEEE Computer Society Software Process Achievement Award.

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Willis, R., Rova, R., Scott, M., Johnson, M., Ryskowski, J., Moon, J., Winfield, T., & Shumate, K. (1998, November 1). Continuously Improving Software Process. (Technical Report CMU/SEI-98-TR-006). Retrieved November 23, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6574130.v1.

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author={Willis, Ron and Rova, Robert and Scott, Mike and Johnson, Martha and Ryskowski, John and Moon, Jane and Winfield, Thomas and Shumate, Ken},
title={Continuously Improving Software Process},
month={{Nov},
year={{1998},
number={{CMU/SEI-98-TR-006},
howpublished={Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library},
url={https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6574130.v1},
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Willis, Ron, Robert Rova, Mike Scott, Martha Johnson, John Ryskowski, Jane Moon, Thomas Winfield, and Ken Shumate. "Continuously Improving Software Process." (CMU/SEI-98-TR-006). Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library. Software Engineering Institute, November 1, 1998. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6574130.v1.

R. Willis, R. Rova, M. Scott, M. Johnson, J. Ryskowski, J. Moon, T. Winfield, and K. Shumate, "Continuously Improving Software Process," Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library. Software Engineering Institute, Technical Report CMU/SEI-98-TR-006, 1-Nov-1998 [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6574130.v1. [Accessed: 23-Nov-2024].

Willis, Ron, Robert Rova, Mike Scott, Martha Johnson, John Ryskowski, Jane Moon, Thomas Winfield, and Ken Shumate. "Continuously Improving Software Process." (Technical Report CMU/SEI-98-TR-006). Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library, Software Engineering Institute, 1 Nov. 1998. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6574130.v1. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

Willis, Ron; Rova, Robert; Scott, Mike; Johnson, Martha; Ryskowski, John; Moon, Jane; Winfield, Thomas; & Shumate, Ken. Continuously Improving Software Process. CMU/SEI-98-TR-006. Software Engineering Institute. 1998. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6574130.v1

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