Handbooks

Process Impact offers the following handbooks written by Karl Wiegers (view license terms):

Software Process Improvement Handbook Project Initiation Handbook

Software Process Improvement Handbook: A Practical Guide

Unless you can honestly say, "I am building software today as well as software can ever be built," you should always be trying to improve your personal and your team's software development and project management capabilities. This 72-page handbook addresses many issues that can help software organizations implement and sustain a successful process improvement program. Whether you're using the CMM or CMMI as a process improvement framework, or just trying to learn how to work more effectively, you'll find a wealth of pragmatic guidance and useful insights about how to steer your organization toward better productivity and quality. The handbook contains seven chapters:

Why Is Process Improvement So Hard?
An Effective Process Improvement Approach
Personal Process Improvement
Process Improvement Traps to Avoid
Creating a Process Assets Library
Molding the CMM to Your Organization
A Modular Mini-Assessment Method

Other handbook features include:

7 worksheets so you can begin applying these techniques to your own project immediately
Process Improvement Strategic Plan Template and Action Planning Template
10 process improvement one-liners
A glossary of process improvement terms
Many true stories from actual project experiences

Handbook Table of Contents Introduction and Chapter 1

	Single copy: $20
	Corporate or government agency site license: $250

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Project Initiation Handbook: Laying the Foundation for Project Success

This 72-page handbook gives you the guidance you need to get your project off to a solid start. Both experienced and novice project managers will find a wealth of practical advice here. Most people learn the importance of taking these initiation actions only through painful experience, when they look back and say, "Gee, I wish I had thought about doing that a year ago." Applying the techniques described in this handbook will help keep your team focused on the significant outcomes that signal success. The handbook contains six chapters:

Define Project Success Criteria
Define Product Vision and Project Scope
Define Product Release Criteria
Negotiate Achievable Commitments
Study Previous Lessons Learned
Conduct Project Retrospectives

Other handbook features include:

15 worksheets so you can begin applying these techniques to your own project immediately
Project Management Plan, Vision and Scope Document, and Action Plan templates
A procedure for performing project retrospectives
A requirements prioritization spreadsheet
Many true stories from actual project experiences

Handbook Table of Contents Introduction and Chapter 1

	Single copy: $20
	Corporate or government agency site license: $250

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Handbook License Terms

The handbooks are delivered electronically. The original customer may print the handbook for his own use. Usage permissions are the same as those for regular hardcopy books: you own one copy of the handbook, you may lend that copy to others, but only one person at a time may have that copy in his possession. The original customer may not distribute additional copies of the handbook in either hardcopy or electronic form, including posting on servers or Web sites. Purchase of a site license allows duplication of an unlimited number of copies for the corporate site or government agency, including printing hardcopies, electronic distribution, and posting on servers or intranets accessible only to members of the purchasing organization.

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Last Modified: Thursday, 24-Nov-2011 18:20:03 GMT