Agenda• Why this paper?• Author and paper• The ‘BOOTSTRAP’ approach• Models• Technique• Result• PDD• Future
• Questions
The author and the paper
Günter Koch• 4th June 1947• Germany• Professor at Graz University of Technology
Process assessment: the BOOTSTRAP approach• As of now 28 citations• Elsevier: Information and Software Technology
Volume 35, Issues 6–7, June–July 1993, Pages 387–403
The ‘BOOTSTRAP’ approach• Main goal is to provide an advanced process assessment in
order to get an organization to another level
• to identify process strengths and weaknesses
• to support the achievement of the organization’s goals by planning improvement actions
• Focus on Software Producing Unit (SPU), small and medium size software companies or software departments within a large organization
The ‘BOOTSTRAP’ approach
Define organization
Find its strenght + weaknesses
Make plans to improve strengsths
and get rid off weaknesses
Technique:questionnaire
Aspect Category Area Focus Maturity level
Organization Business Engineering Human Resource Management Infrastructure Management
Methodology Life Cycle Dependent System Requirements Analysis System Architecture Design Software Requirements Analysis Software Architecture design Software Detailed Design Software Implementation & Testing Software Integration & Testing System Integration & Testing Maintenance Migration Retirement Life Cycle Independent Management Project Management Quality Management Risk Management Subcontractor Management Support Documentation configuration Management Quality Assurance Verification Validation Joint Review Audit Problem Resolution Customer supplier Acquisition Customer Need Management Supply Software Operation Customer Support Process-Related Process Definition Process Improvement Technology Technology Innovation
Technology Support for Life Cycle Processes
Technology Support for Life Cycle Independent Processes
Tool Integration
Result
Priority Action Money Time Executor1 descriptive action xx,xx x days function or department2 descriptive action xx,xx x days function or department3 descriptive action xx,xx x days function or department4 descriptive action xx,xx x days function or department
Future of ‘BOOTSTRAP’• Non-profit organization, the BOOTSTRAP Institute, with the
main objectives of the continuous development and promotion of BOOTSTRAP
Changed in 2008 to Doug Engelbart Institute – Doug Engelbart was the director of the BOOTSTRAP Institute
BOOTSTRAP 3.0 (Kuvaja, 1999)• To assure conformance with the emerging ISO standard for
software process assessment and improvement (SPICE)
• To align BOOTSTRAP with ISO 12207 "Information Technology - Software Life Cycle Processes"