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The whole picture to software process improvement

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The paper focuses on a systematic method to ensure the success for process improvement as part of the strategic plan of an organisation to be and stay ahead of competitors. The entire program is driven by the business goals: CMMTM is the road map and ami® provides guidelines to select actions to address weaknesses and difficulties of the software processes and progressively match primary goals.

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  1. Objectif Technologie, 28, Villa Baudran, F - 94742, Arcueil Cedex, France

    Annie Kuntzmann-Combelles

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František Plášil Keith G. Jeffery

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Kuntzmann-Combelles, A. (1997). The whole picture to software process improvement. In: Plášil, F., Jeffery, K.G. (eds) SOFSEM'97: Theory and Practice of Informatics. SOFSEM 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1338. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-63774-5_109

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