Effective Software Process Improvement Activity Cases Based on CMM

Abstract

The NTT COMWARE group which has been implementing develop large-scale system in its own nationwide development environment. In the past, we have used ISO9001 to establish performance standards as part of our process improvement activities. After converting to ISO9001:2000, we have embarked on a path to combine CMM Software Process Improvement activities in conjunction with ISO9001:2000. The application of SW CMM Level 3 in an organization certified as ISO9001:2000 quality management system and the future direction of SPI activities are discussed in this article.