| Baldrige National Quality Program |
| Defines business criteria to assess performance excellence: leadership, strategic planning, information and analysis, human resources, customer and market focus, process management, and business results. |
| http://www.quality.nist.gov/ |
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| General Accounting Office - USA |
| Provides publications on the effectiveness of IT investments, risk management, and the performance of CIO organizations. |
| http://www.gao.gov |
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| International Function Point User Group (IFPUG) -Function Point Counting Practices Manual |
| Provides a methodology for software sizing. |
| http://www.ifpug.org/ |
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| ISACA - Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT) |
| Prescribes security and control practices that provides a reference framework in four domains Planning and Organization, Acquisition and Implementation, Delivery and Support, Monitoring) and as a key evaluation and analytical tool for IT performance audits. |
| http://www.isaca.org/cobit.htm |
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| Practical Software and System Measurement Support Center |
| Describes the products and services of the Center to promote best practices used by measurement professionals within the software and system acquisition and engineering communities. |
| http://www.psmsc.com/ |
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| SEI - The Capability Maturity Model-Integrated SE/SW |
| Prescribes goals and practices for the development of systems and software grouped into project management, support, engineering and process improvement processes. |
| http://www.sei.cmu.edu/ |
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| Software Exchange Service |
| Provides a focal point to promote the sharing of government-owned applications software, documentation, and related information among government institutions. |
| http://publiservice.gc.ca/softwareexchange/index-e.html |
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| Software Program Managers Network |
| Offers free downloads through Integrated Computer Engineering (ICE) website of their Project Control Panel? and Risk Radar? software. Project Control Panel? provides for a visual representation of the state of health of a project and Risk Radar? provides standard MS Access database functions that allow entering, prioritizing, and reporting risks. Please refer to ICE disclaimer and copyright notice before downloading. |
| http://www.spmn.com/ |
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| SPIN - Software Process Improvement Network |
| Lists regional groups called "SPINs" that meet and share their experiences initiating and sustaining software process improvement programs. |
| http://www.sei.cmu.edu/collaborating/spins/spins.html |
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