Software quality and the Capability Maturity Model

Communications of the ACMPublished 1 June 1997Open access

James D. Herbsleb, David Zubrow, Dennis R. Goldenson, Will Hayes, Mark C. Paulk

DOI10.1145/255656.255692

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The CMM adopted the opposite of the quick-fix silver bullet philosophy, intended to be a coherent, ordered set of incremental improvements, all having experienced success in the field, packaged into a roadmap that showed how effective practices could be built on one another in a logical progression.

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article Free Access Share on Software quality and the Capability Maturity Model Authors: James Herbsleb Software Production Research Group, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Naperville, Ill. Software Production Research Group, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Naperville, Ill.View Profile , David Zubrow Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa. Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.View Profile , Dennis Goldenson Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa. Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.View Profile , Will Hayes Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa. Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.View Profile , Mark Paulk Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa. Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.View Profile Authors Info & Claims Communications of the ACMVolume 40Issue 6June 1997pp 30–40https://doi.org/10.1145/255656.255692Published:01 June 1997Publication History 232citation9,826DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations232Total Downloads9,826Last 12 Months578Last 6 weeks44 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my AlertsNew Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteeReaderPDF

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