Computer Science 587 - Fall 2009

Group Assignment #1

Due: Wednesday, September 2, 2009

There have been several initiatives in recent years that have addressed the goal of improving the quality of software. These include the following:

1. SEI’s CMM (or CMMI)

2. ISO 9000 (especially 9001)

3. The Malcolm Baldrige award

4. ISO 15504 (Spice project)

5. The Bootstrap project

6. ISO 12207

7. Trillium

8. Six Sigma

Your team will be assigned one of these to examine. You must find answers to the following questions and present you findings to the class.

What are the main goals of this effort?

What motivated this initiative?

Who is the organization or organizations behind this effort?

When was the effort initiated?

Who uses this approach as a way to improve quality?

What are the main/unique features of this approach?

What relationship, similarities, or differences does this have with other approaches?

What is your opinion of this approach?