CMMI-Based Reading List

Level   Key Process Area Recommended Reading
Level 1
Initial		   "Common Sense*"
The Circle of Innovation by Tom Peters
After the Gold Rush by Steve McConnell
Level 2
Managed		 2.1 Requirements Management
Software Requirements, 2nd Ed., by Karl E. Wiegers
Exploring Requirements, Quality Before Design, by Donald C. Gause & Gerald M. Weinberg
2.2 Project Planning
Project Management Body Of Knowledge (PMBOK). Visit the Project Management Institute at pmi.org for the current release.
Project 50: Fifty Ways to Transform Every 'Task' into a Project That Matters!, by Tom Peters
2.3 Project Monitoring and Control
Software Project Management: A Unified Framework, by Walker Royce
Surviving Object-Oriented Projects: A Manager's Guide by Alistair Cockburn
2.4 Supplier Agreement Management
 
 
2.5 Measurement and Analysis
Goal-Driven Software Measurement—A Guidebook, by Robert E. Park, Wolfhart B. Goethert, William A. Florac. CMU/SEI-96-HB-002.
 
2.6 Process and Product Quality Assurance
 
 
2.7 Configuration Management
 
 
Level 3
Defined		 3.1 Requirements Development
Mastering the Requirements Process, by Suzanne Robertson, James Robertson
Writing Effective Use Cases, by Alistair Cocburn
3.2 Technical Solution
Applying UML and Patterns by Craig Larman
Object-Oriented Software Construction, 2nd Ed. by Bertrand Meyer
3.3 Product Integration
Large Scale C++ Program Design by John Lakos
 
3.4 Verification
 
 
3.5 Validation
 
 
3.6 Organizational Process Focus
Managing the Software Process by Watts Humphrey
 
3.7 Organizational Process Definition
 
 
3.8 Organizational Training
 
 
3.9 Integrated Project Management
 
 
3.10 Risk Management
 
 
3.11 Integrated Teaming
 
 
3.12 Decision Analysis and Resolution
 
 
3.13 Organizational Environment for Integration
 
 
Level 4
Quantitatively Managed		 4.1 Organizational Process Performance
 
 
4.2 Quantitative Project Management
 
 
Level 5
Optimizing		 5.1 Organizational Innovation and Deployment
 
 
5.2 Causal Analysis and Resolution
 
 
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