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The idea of process maturity has a particular allure for software developers: Not only does it support the argument that there is a central development architecture for software construction; but it also lends an air of credibility to the efforts at improvement that have characterized earlier periods and now extend into the present and future. The software crisis may be no more than symptoms of growth: process puberty and adolescence. Maturity will bring with it a wider and deeper set of foundations for general software practise; and in the not too distant future the period from 1968 to approximately 1998 will be seen in a more favourable light, as a period which had to be endured, but has now been surpassed. Whether this happy situation comes to pass is dependent on a variety of factors and forces, not least of which is the ability of organizations and practitioners to come to terms with their own shortcomings, for instance as demonstrated by the findings of indicators such as those designed to assess process or capability maturity. What follows is based on our initial use of one such indicator.
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Bryant, A., Grogan, J. (1996). Process Maturity — Growing older and wiser? Using Process Advisor for Process Assessment. In: Bologna, S., Bucci, G. (eds) Achieving Quality in Software. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34869-8_7
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