Software Processes Are Software Too

Software Processes Are Software Too

Leon Osterweil. 1987. (View Paper → )

The major theme of this meeting is the exploration of the importance of process as a vehicle for improving both the quality of software products and the way in which we develop and evolve them. In beginning this exploration it seems important to spend at least a short time examining the nature of process and convincing ourselves that this is indeed a promising vehicle.

This paper argues that we should create the process of developing software with as much rigour and precision and we the software itself. We select and follow a formal process for software development to deliver a quality product and to avoid wasting of time and money,