Paper Info
Title
A CMM-Based Evaluation of the V-Model 97
Abstract
The V-Model 97 is a widely used process model in Germany and Europe. It is the development standard for IT-Systems of the Fed- eral Republic of Germany and the basis of Austria's and Switzerland's corresponding standards. Software process assessment and improvement eorts world-wide are based on the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) for Software. We present a detailed evaluation of the V-Model 97 based on the key practices of the CMM. For each key process area of the CMM we identify the strengths and weaknesses of the V-Model 97. While project-related issues are covered well by the V-Model 97, organizational aspects leave room for improvement. The algorithm specied by the CMM Appraisal Framework sees the V-Model 97 at level 1 whereas a BOOTSTRAP-based algorithm results in a more appropriate rating of level 2. 1 Motivation During the last 15 years dierent groups published { ocial or de-facto { stan- dard software process models. More and more commercial software development organizations use one of these process models as the foundation of their de- velopment process. Increasingly, these organizations are faced with the need to assess and improve their development processes. Here, too, a number of stan- dards exist. To select the appropriate standard process model, to prepare for a standardized process assessment, and to improve their development process organizations need to know the strengths and weaknesses of their process and the expected performance in an assessment. The maintainers of a standardized process model can also use this information as input for further versions of the standard. In Germany and Europe the V-Model 97 (V-Model1) is a widely used pro- cess model. It is the current version of the development standard for IT-Systems of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its use is compulsory in IT-projects with the German federal administration. The Capability Maturity Model for Software (CMM), developed by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), is the root of 1 In this paper, \V-Model" is used to refer to the V-Model 97 and \CMM" is used to
Year
DOI
Venue
2000
10.1007/BFb0095015
EWSPT
Keywords
Field
DocType
quality management,software engineering,software quality,software reliability,software development
Engineering management,Computer science,Capability Maturity Model,V-Model,Process area,Software development process,Software quality,Capability Maturity Model Integration,Strengths and weaknesses,Software development,Distributed computing
Conference
Volume
ISSN
ISBN
1780
0302-9743
3-540-67140-4
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.49
2
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Viktor Schuppan140917.49
Winfried Rußwurm240.95