Practice: Software Capability Program Management
This practice provides a standard approach for managing software capability improvement that is aligned with the organization's strategic goals.
Purpose

It provides a framework for assessing, managing, and improving software delivery capabilities within an organization.

Adoption of this practice helps you:

  • Identify the organization's software delivery strengths and weaknesses
  • Identify improvements needed in order to meet operational objectives
  • Develop a roadmap of incremental improvements with a clear adoption strategy
  • Monitor performance following implementation and adjust as needed
  • Manage the overall capability improvement program
Main Description

Relationship to other practices

This practice is related to many other useful practices. For example:

  • Method Development - describes how to develop the method content and tool configurations recommended by the Artifact: Development Organization Assessment.
  • Setting Up a Performance Measurement System - describes how to establish a Performance Measurement System to monitor performance
  • Managing Performance Through Measurement - leverages the use and analysis of data from the Performance Measurement System to monitor capability improvements
  • Project Management practices - Plan, monitor, and control improvement projects
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