Integrating software development technology and management: Cleanroom software engineering and the CMM for software

• Published in: Proceedings of the Thirtieth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences Vol. 3; pp. 188 - 197 vol.3
• Main Authors: Linger, R.C., Trammell, C.J.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 1997
• Subjects: Coordinate measuring machines; Engineering management; Management training; Programming; Project management; Quality management; Software development management; Software engineering; Software quality; Technology management
• ISBN: 0818677430; 9780818677434
• ISSN: 1060-3425
• DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.1997.661592

The Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) Capability Maturity Model for software (CMM) provides a well defined paradigm for software process improvement. Cleanroom software engineering provides well defined theoretical foundations and practices for software specification, development, testing and certification. The principal focus of the CMM is on management and organization. The principal focus of Cleanroom is on the technology and engineering discipline. The SEI has completed a study that maps Cleanroom into the CMM. The mapping shows that Cleanroom and the CMM are fully compatible, and that the technical practices of Cleanroom can be effectively integrated into the management practices of the CMM. The engineering discipline embodied in Cleanroom provides a firm foundation for project management, as illustrated in a software testing example.