Baldrige National Quality Program |
Defines business criteria to assess performance excellence: leadership, strategic planning, information and analysis, human resources, customer and market focus, process management, and business results. |
http://www.quality.nist.gov/ |
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General Accounting Office - USA |
Provides publications on the effectiveness of IT investments, risk management, and the performance of CIO organizations. |
http://www.gao.gov |
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International Function Point User Group (IFPUG) -Function Point Counting Practices Manual |
Provides a methodology for software sizing. |
http://www.ifpug.org/ |
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ISACA - Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT) |
Prescribes security and control practices that provides a reference framework in four domains Planning and Organization, Acquisition and Implementation, Delivery and Support, Monitoring) and as a key evaluation and analytical tool for IT performance audits. |
http://www.isaca.org/cobit.htm |
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Practical Software and System Measurement Support Center |
Describes the products and services of the Center to promote best practices used by measurement professionals within the software and system acquisition and engineering communities. |
http://www.psmsc.com/ |
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SEI - The Capability Maturity Model-Integrated SE/SW |
Prescribes goals and practices for the development of systems and software grouped into project management, support, engineering and process improvement processes. |
http://www.sei.cmu.edu/ |
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Software Exchange Service |
Provides a focal point to promote the sharing of government-owned applications software, documentation, and related information among government institutions. |
http://publiservice.gc.ca/softwareexchange/index-e.html |
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Software Program Managers Network |
Offers free downloads through Integrated Computer Engineering (ICE) website of their Project Control Panel? and Risk Radar? software. Project Control Panel? provides for a visual representation of the state of health of a project and Risk Radar? provides standard MS Access database functions that allow entering, prioritizing, and reporting risks. Please refer to ICE disclaimer and copyright notice before downloading. |
http://www.spmn.com/ |
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SPIN - Software Process Improvement Network |
Lists regional groups called "SPINs" that meet and share their experiences initiating and sustaining software process improvement programs. |
http://www.sei.cmu.edu/collaborating/spins/spins.html |
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