ROI of Software Process Improvement

Name: ROI of Software Process Improvement
SKU: 978-1-932159-24-0
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Metrics for Project Managers and Software Engineers
By David F. Rico
Hardcover, 6X9, 240 pages
ISBN: 978-1-932159-24-0
January 2004

SKU: 978-1-932159-24-0 Categories: Business, Default Category, IT and Software Books

Description

An indispensable addition to your project management, software engineering or computer science bookshelf, this book illuminates and simplifies otherwise complex topics in ROI. It presents extremely simple, but powerful metrics, models, and methods for designing professional business cases and providing hard-hitting economic justification. It explores the most popular international methods, models, and standards for software process improvement. The author’s practical tutorial on the costs, benefits, and ROI of software process improvement is a soup-to-nuts guide that helps readers rapidly master powerful concepts. Rico demystifies esoteric concepts in ROI and provides a self-contained tutorial of ROI methods for novices as well as economic experts and a treasure-trove of value adding economic data which is missing from popular texts. The ROI of Software Process Improvement features a number of free downloads to help continue the learning process outside the pages of the book.

This book also features a companion product available for purchase. It is a complete 365-page ROI IDEF0 Methodology Download that can help save you hundreds of hours of development time. For more information, please click here.

Key Features

Establishes a foundation, framework, and standard for determining the costs and benefits of SPI and for measuring its ROI
Provides penetrating cost metrics, models, and methods which are usually very proprietary and helps users learn, understand, and master them
Includes a self-contained tutorial of ROI methods for novices as well as economic experts
Presents the only broad-ranging economic analysis of major international SPI methods and the first large-scale economic analysis of mandatory U.S. government standards
Covers quantitative analysis of international SPI methods that are only qualitatively understood and includes a treasure-trove of value-adding economic data missing from other popular texts
Includes over 100 tables and illustrations to facilitate learning and instruction
WAV Offers free downloadable detailed SPI cost models for SW-CMM®, ISO 9001:2000, and CMMI® and spreadsheets with metrics and models for costs, benefits, benefit/cost ratio, net present value, return on investment and breakeven point—available from the Web Added Value™ Download Resource Center at www.jrosspub.com

About the author(s)

David F. Rico is a software process improvement consultant specializing in cost, benefit, and return-on-investment analysis. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science and an M.S.A. in Software Engineering and has been in the field of computer programming since 1983. He has been an international keynote speaker and is a well published author. Some of his noteworthy accomplishments include designing software for NASA’s $20 billion space station, spearheading SW-CMM® and ISO 9001 initiatives for Fujitsu in Tokyo, modernizing a family of U.S. Air Force static radar ranges, reengineering 36 military logistics depots in Cairo, designing a $30 billion constellation of U.S. Air Force satellites, conducting a $42 million U.S. Navy source selection, designing a $70 million cost model for U.S. Navy aircraft, and participating in over 15 SW-CMM® initiatives.

Introduction
      What Is ROI of SPI?
      Why Is ROI of SPI Important?
      How Is ROI of SPI Determined?
      What Are Key Methods for ROI of SPI?
      What Are Key Principles of ROI of SPI?
      What Are Pitfalls of ROI of SPI?
      Who Cares About ROI of SPI?

Software Process Improvement
      What Is SPI?
      Why Is SPI Important?
      How Is SPI Determined?
      What Are Key Methods for SPI?
      What Are Key Principles of SPI?
      What Are Pitfalls of SPI?
      Who Cares About SPI?

Methods for Software Process Improvement
      Software Inspection Process
      Personal Software Process
      Team Software Process
      Software Capability Maturity Model®
      ISO 9001
      Capability Maturity Model Integration®

Methods for Return on Investment Analysis
      Benefit
      Cost
      Benefit/Cost Ratio
      Return on Investment
      Net Present Value
      Breakeven Point

Methods for Benefit Analysis
      Productivity
      Defect Density
      Quality
      Defect Removal Efficiency
      Defect Removal Model
      Software Effort
      Total Life Cycle Cost

Methods for Cost Analysis
      Software Inspection Process
      Personal Software Process
      Team Software Process
      Software Capability Maturity Model®
      ISO 9001
      Capability Maturity Model Integration®

Software Inspection Process ROI Methodology
      Inspection Cost Methodology
      Inspection Benefit Methodology
      Inspection B/CR Methodology
      Inspection ROI% Methodology
      Inspection NPV Methodology
      Inspection Breakeven Point Methodology

Personal Software Process ROI Methodology
      PSP Cost Methodology
      PSP Benefit Methodology
      PSP B/CR Methodology
      PSP ROI% Methodology
      PSP NPV Methodology
      PSP Breakeven Point Methodology

Team Software Process ROI Methodology
      TSP Cost Methodology
      TSP Benefit Methodology
      TSP B/CR Methodology
      TSP ROI% Methodology
      TSP NPV Methodology
      TSP Breakeven Point Methodology

Software Capability Maturity Model® ROI Methodology
      SW-CMM® Cost Methodology
      SW-CMM® Benefit Methodology
      SW-CMM® B/CR Methodology
      SW-CMM® ROI% Methodology
      SW-CMM® NPV Methodology
      SW-CMM® Breakeven Point Methodology

ISO 9001 ROI Methodology
      ISO 9001 Cost Methodology
      ISO 9001 Benefit Methodology
      ISO 9001 B/CR Methodology
      ISO 9001 ROI% Methodology
      ISO 9001 NPV Methodology
      ISO 9001 Breakeven Point Methodology

Capability Maturity Model Integration® ROI Methodology
      CMMI® Cost Methodology
      CMMI® Benefit Methodology
      CMMI® B/CR Methodology
      CMMI® ROI% Methodology
      CMMI® NPV Methodology
      CMMI® Breakeven Point Methodology

Costs
      Software Inspection Process
      Personal Software Process
      Team Software Process
      Software Capability Maturity Model®
      ISO 9001
      Capability Maturity Model Integration®

Benefits
      Software Inspection Process
      Personal Software Process
      Team Software Process
      Software Capability Maturity Model®
      ISO 9001
      Capability Maturity Model Integration®

Benefit/Cost Ratio
      Software Inspection Process
      Personal Software Process
      Team Software Process
      Software Capability Maturity Model®
      ISO 9001
      Capability Maturity Model Integration®

Return on Investment
      Software Inspection Process
      Personal Software Process
      Team Software Process
      Software Capability Maturity Model®
      ISO 9001
      Capability Maturity Model Integration®

Net Present Value
      Software Inspection Process
      Personal Software Process
      Team Software Process
      Software Capability Maturity Model®
      ISO 9001
      Capability Maturity Model Integration®

Breakeven Point
      Software Inspection Process
      Personal Software Process
      Team Software Process
      Software Capability Maturity Model®
      ISO 9001
      Capability Maturity Model Integration®

Analysis of Return on Investment
      Analysis of Costs
      Analysis of Benefits
      Analysis of Benefit/Cost Ratio
      Analysis of Return on Investment
      Analysis of Net Present Value
      Analysis of Breakeven Point

Optimizing Return on Investment
      Low Costs
      High Benefits
      Good Benefit/Cost Ratio
      High Return on Investment
      High Net Present Value
      Near Breakeven Point

Future of Software Process Improvement
      Trainingless Methods
      Automated Workflow Methods
      Low-Cost Commercial Tools
      Non-invasive Measurement
      Expert System Workflow Tools
      Self-Documenting Approaches
      Boundaryless Virtual Teams

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Reviews

From the Foreword by Dr. Roger Pressman:

“With the publication of this book, David Rico cuts through the complexity and confusion associated with the measurement of the software process and provides us with a road map for understanding its costs and benefits. At the core of Rico’s approach is an age-old business metric – return on investment (ROI) – a common-sense method for evaluating whether the costs associated with any business activity are justified based on the return (benefit) accrued as the business activity is applied over time.”