CMM in Practice: Processes for Executing Software Projects at Infosys

Excellent book! I work for an ISO 9001 certified software company since 1999, which is in the process of getting a CMM level 4. Although is a book about CMM, we would have saved one year in our journey to ISO if we would have had this book four years ago.Its approach is clear, pragmatic and logical. It covers most of the important issues in CMM, from planning to closure of software projects, giving examples of a real-life project where they are needed. If you are a beginner and want to embrace best practices and standards, I would recommend you to study this book first, and then The Capability Maturity Model. You will be surprised how clear it will appear to you. Same for ISO practitioners, especially ISO 9000/2000, which contains many more requirements on SPC compared to ISO 9000/94.If you have been working with CMM for a while, reading this book could give you a better understanding of it.

Pankaj Jalote's book reflects the pain and power of having a stable Quality System in a software company. The reader understands why Infosys has become a giant in such a short period of time. The book is well written. The author has introduced his personal involvement in the development of the software process without an iota of boast.

This is THE book for all the professinals belonging to Software Industry.The book gives Pragmatic understanding of SEI-CMM Model addressing all possible stages and activities of Software Project Life Cycle.Correct weightage has been given to Engineering as well as Managerial perspectives of software project execution details.All Key Process Areas (KPA's)have been explained by mapping them with day to day activities in live project scenarios. This not only authenticates the explaination but also introduces the reader with state-of-the-art Software Practices.The illustrations given by Prof. Jalote in this book give concrete proofs of seemingly abstract concepts introduced in KPA's of SW-CMM.Important fact revealed in this book in the most convincing way is that CMM is more of a common sense and not a just another stringent standard.Having read this book one acquires clear understanding of SW-CMM, Software Project Activities and their inter-relation.This book is very much free from any kind of theoritical bias.It is something like the book written by the hardcore software professinal for all software professinals.The book is equally helpful for Software Engineers, Project Managers, Business Development Executives, CMM Implementors and for CEO's as well.

Very few books (rather none) are available for practitioners who wish to implement CMM-based process improvement with illustrative examples. This book is an excellent aid for directing the thinking of practitioners.

Many times specifications and standards leave you a little confused. Here is a book that tells you all about the CMM model, based on the practices in an organization that is assessed at Level-4 in the model (the organization, Infosys, is assessed at Level-5 just when this book is released). The author gives a lucid, simple and down to earth account of the practices at Infosys and how they fit into the CMM model. The organization of the book in 3 parts in terms of Project Initiation, Project Planning and Project Execution is extremely logical and reflects the flow of a project in an organization. He has documented some of the standards for various processes as seen at Infosys. He has also discussed some of the challenges to be overcome on the road to software engineering process improvements/ implementation. The chapters on Process Tailoring, Process Capability baselines, and Peer Reviews are special and note-worthy. Many organizations will find the templates very useful. The Appendices are also informative and useful. The book is excellently produced and we have not come across a similar book on this topic in the market.