Continuously Improving Software Process

November 1998 • Technical Report

Ron R. Willis (Raytheon Systems Company), Robert M. Rova (Raytheon Systems Company), Mike D. Scott (Raytheon Systems Company), Martha J. Johnson (Raytheon Systems Company), John F. Ryskowski (Raytheon Systems Company), Jane A. Moon (Raytheon Systems Company), Thomas O. Winfield (Raytheon Systems Company), Ken C. Shumate (Raytheon Systems Company)

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.

Publisher:

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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SEI

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, Carnegie Mellon University. 1998. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=13051

IEEE

Willis. Ron, Rova. Robert, Scott. Mike, Johnson. Martha, Ryskowski. John, Moon. Jane, Winfield. Thomas, and Shumate. Ken, "Continuously Improving Software Process," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Technical Report CMU/SEI-98-TR-006, 1998. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=13051

APA

Willis, Ron., Rova, Robert., Scott, Mike., Johnson, Martha., Ryskowski, John., Moon, Jane., Winfield, Thomas., & Shumate, Ken. (1998). Continuously Improving Software Process (CMU/SEI-98-TR-006). Retrieved March 27, 2023, from the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University website: http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=13051

CHI

Ron Willis, Robert Rova, Mike Scott, Martha Johnson, John Ryskowski, Jane Moon, Thomas Winfield, & Ken Shumate. Continuously Improving Software Process (CMU/SEI-98-TR-006). Pittsburgh, PA: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 1998. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=13051

MLA

Willis, Ron., Rova, Robert., Scott, Mike., Johnson, Martha., Ryskowski, John., Moon, Jane., Winfield, Thomas., & Shumate, Ken. 1998. Continuously Improving Software Process (Technical Report CMU/SEI-98-TR-006). Pittsburgh: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=13051

BibTex

@techreport{WillisContinuouslyImproving1998,
title={Continuously Improving Software Process},
author={Ron Willis and Robert Rova and Mike Scott and Martha Johnson and John Ryskowski and Jane Moon and Thomas Winfield and Ken Shumate},
year={1998},
number={CMU/SEI-98-TR-006},
institution={Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University},
address={Pittsburgh, PA},
url={http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=13051} }

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