Here's a practical, step-by-step approach for improving an organization's software development process, using the Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model (CMM). The book gives software project managers and administrators a practical understanding of software process improvement with CMM and how it can be implemented in each stage of the software development lifecycle.

The book emphasizes software process definition, the effective use of software metrics, and common sense software project management. This integrated approach helps professionals achieve continuous software process improvement using CMM as the working guideline.