The ASPIRE approach to continuous software process improvement

Abstract

A discussion is given on the subject of continuous software process improvement including: a strategic framework for the achievement of software excellence; a goal model for organizational software improvement programs; the ASPIRE (a software process improvement realization environment) approach to improvement realization; a set of conclusions about the likely future of such initiatives in the software industry; and the projected impact on our ability to integrate large, complex, software intensive systems in the year 2000.<>