Software Process Improvement: Practical Guidelines for Business Success
Author: Sami Zahran
((Shelving Category)) Software EngineeringSOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENTPractical Guidelines for Business SuccessSami Zahran'This is exactly the kind of book that is needed to spread awareness of the potential of Software Process Improvement and how to succeed in it. As well as presenting current models and methods it contains new ideas and approaches. It will interest and inform not only those who have prior knowledge of this critically important field, but also those who come new to it. It is to be warmly welcomed and recommended.'Colin TullyIndependent Consulting Software EngineerEvery year, software failure is responsible for huge losses both in financial and human terms. While businesses and individuals depend increasingly on their information systems, it is imperative that software is developed to be all the more reliable and robust.This book will help you to manage and control the quality of your organization's software products. Continually dealing with the problems caused by software defects can be both time-consuming and demanding but Sami Zahran's pragmatic approach will take you from reactive fire-fighting to a preventative culture of disciplined and continuous process improvement.This book will help you:· establish a process-focused software development organization· design and implement procedures for developing quality software in time and within budget· benchmark your organization against the industry standards for the software process, including the Capability Maturity Model (CMM), ISO 9001, the new standard ISO/IEC 15504 (originally known as SPICE) and Bootstrap.'In addition to talking about process improvement, Sami Zahran provides useful guidancefrom a practitioner's perspective. He clearly explains the purposes and methods of process improvement, and compares the leading methods, their principal features and characteristics. Most importantly, he discusses the issues which you, the user, will face as you pursue process improvement on your own.'Watts HumphreySoftware Engineering InstituteAbout the author:Dr. Sami Zahran is one of the chief advocates of software process improvement and its impact on organizations. He has over three decades of experience in the software industry assuming senior positions with large organizations including ICL (International Computers Limited), the United Nations, Digital Equipement Corporation, and currently with IBM. He was trained in Software Process Improvement at the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. Dr Zahran regularly teaches courses on the subject and is an invited speaker at numerous international conferences and workshops.
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Building Business Spreadsheets with Excel
Author: South Western Publishing
This text teaches readers how to build business spreadsheets like a pro. Problem-based learning is used to build students' skills as they complete real-life problems. In addition they learn Excel's best features for working accurately and efficiently, how to find and solve common errors, give spreadsheets a professional look, solve printing problems and structure spreadsheets to answer business's common "what-if" questions.
Table of Contents:
| Introduction | 1 | |
| Part 1 | Foundation Skills | |
| A. | Orientation | 7 |
| B. | Enter, Delete, Edit Data | 11 |
| Test 1 | 18 | |
| C. | Menu Commands | 21 |
| Test 2 | 26 | |
| D. | Formulas | 29 |
| Test 3 | 41 | |
| E. | The COPY Command | 43 |
| Test 4 | 47 | |
| F. | Moving Things Around | 49 |
| Test 5 | 54 | |
| G. | Presentation | 57 |
| Final Test, Part 1 | 68 | |
| Part 2 | Problem Sets | |
| A. | General Business Problems | 71 |
| Set 1 | Basic Models | 77 |
| Set 2 | Data Analysis | 85 |
| Set 3 | Data Math | 91 |
| Set 4 | Growth Calculations | 99 |
| B. | Financial Math Problems Using Excel Functions | 107 |
| Set 5 | PV and FV | 109 |
| Set 6 | NPV and IRR | 117 |
| C. | Financial Statement Forecasts | 125 |
| Set 7 | Projection Prep | 127 |
| Set 8 | Projection, One Sheet | 135 |
| Set 9 | Multiple Sheets | 145 |
| Set 10 | Multi-Sheet Projection | 153 |
| Appendices | ||
| Appendix A | Efficiency | 161 |
| Appendix B | Common Business Formulas and Functions | 165 |
| Appendix C | Excel Troubleshooter | 171 |
| Appendix D | Guide to Formatting | 175 |
| Appendix E | Other Useful Commands and Features | 185 |
| Appendix F | Printing | 195 |
| Appendix G | The A-B-C-D of Spreadsheet Design | 199 |
| Appendix H | Standards and Checking | 203 |
| Index | ||
| Index | 207 |
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