1. Process: A Generic View
A software process
is a roadmap to building high quality software products.
provides a framework for managing activities.
adapts to meet needs of software engineers and managers.
Different types of projects require different software processes.
Best indicators of how well a process worked are the quality, timeliness, and long-term viability of the resulting software product.

2. Software Processes What is a process? Characteristics
Sequence of steps required to develop or maintain software
Characteristics
prescribes major activities
constraints and controls apply to activities, resources, and products
utilizes resources, subject to constraints such as schedule, to produce intermediate and final results
constraints on activities: time, budget, tools
controls on activities: config. mgmt, reports

3. Common Process Framework
Communication
Planning
Modeling
Construction
Deployment

4. Umbrella Activities Software project tracking and control
Risk management
Software quality assurance
Formal technical reviews
Measurement
Software configuration management
Reusability management (defines criteria for work product reuse and establish mechanisms to achieve component reuse)
Work product preparation and production (activities to create models, documents, logs, forms, lists, etc.)

5. Attributes for Comparing Process Models
Overall flow and level of task dependencies
Degree to which work products are identified and required within each framework activity
Manner in which quality assurance activities are applied
Manner in which project tracking and control activities are applied
Overall degree of detail and rigor of process description
Degree to which stakeholders are involved in the project
Level of autonomy given to project team
Degree to which team organization and roles are prescribed

6. Process Assessment
SPICE (ISO/IE15504) standard defines a set of requirements for process assessment
ISO 9001:2000 for Software defines requirements for a quality management system that will produce higher quality products and improve customer satisfaction

7. Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)
Level 0: Incomplete (process is not performed)
Level 1: Performed (tasks are being conducted)
Level 2: Managed (tasks and products are monitored, reviewed, and evaluated for conformance to process description)
Level 3: Defined (processes documented, standardized, and integrated into organization-wide software process)
Level 4: Quantitatively Managed (software process and products are quantitatively understood and controlled using detailed measures)
Level 5: Optimizing (continuous process improvement is enabled by quantitative feedback from the process and testing innovative ideas)

8. Team Software Process Objectives
Build self-directed teams that plan and track their work, establish goals, and own their processes and plans
Show managers how to coach and motivate their teams and maintain peak performance
Accelerate software process improvement by making CCM Level 5 behavior normal and expected
Provide improvement guidance to high-maturity organizations
Facilitate university teaching of industrial team skills

9. Team Software Process Scripts for Project Activities Project launch
Design
Implementation
Integration and system testing
Postmortem