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Overview
Jun 01, 2008; Anonymous ... This issue has articles pertaining to four of the Certified Software Quality Engineer (CSQE) body of knowledge (BOK) areas-General Knowledge, Software Configuration Management, Project Management, Software Metrics and Analysis. The resource reviews cover two categories of the CSQE ...
From the Editor
Jun 01, 2008; Carroll, Sue ... Welcome to Software Quality Professional (SQP), volume 10, issue 3. We welcome back two returning authors and have four articles and Resource Reviews. See the Overview for details. I'd like to introduce John Richards to you. He will be the new Resource Reviews editor. John has been ...
The Application of International Software Engineering Standards in Very Small Enterprises
Jun 01, 2008; Laporte, Claude Y; Alexandre, Simon; Renault, Alain ... Industry recognizes very small enterprises for their contribution of valuable products and services. As software quality increasingly becomes a subject of concern, and as process approaches are maturing and earning the confidence of companies, the use of ISO/ IEC JTC1/SC7 international standards ...
A Risk-Based Approach to Configuration Control
Jun 01, 2008; Westfall, Linda ... There is a dichotomy in software configuration management. On one side, individual developers need the flexibility necessary to do creative work, to modify code to try out what-if scenarios, and to make mistakes, learn from them, and evolve better software solutions. On the other side, teams ...
Progress in Three Dimensions
Jun 01, 2008; Appelo, Jurgen ... There are three dimensions of progress in a software project. First, progress measurement must take into account the complexity of connections between features, qualities, people, tools, assets, and artifacts. Second, it is important to not just look at completed work. By plotting the work in ...
Impact of Defect Backlog on Product Release and Quality
Jun 01, 2008; Srikanth, Hema; Kan, Stephen H ... Software test phases often overlap, as companies have limited time to develop and deliver the software product. Time to market is a key factor in project success. To improve the product delivery date, companies often reduce cycle time by overlapping the functional and system test phases. The ...
Project Management with the IBM Rational Unified Process
Jun 01, 2008; Goldsmith, Robin F ... Project Management with the IBM Rational Unified Process Dennis Gibbs. 2007. IBM Press (http://www. redbooks.ibm.com/ibmpress). 312 pages. ISBN-10: 0321336399 CSQE Body of Knowledge area: Project Management This book provides project management guidance, but not much of ...
Distributed Systems Architecture: A Middleware Approach
Jun 01, 2008; Schneider, Ray ... Distributed Systems Architecture: A Middleware Approach Arno Puder, Kay Römer, and Frank Pilhofer. 2006. Elsevier (http://www.elsevier.com). 323 pages. ISBN-10: 1-55860-648-3 GSQE Body of Knowledge area: Systems and Software Engineering Processes When reviewing a complex ...