Sites That We Often Visit

COBIT

Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
www.isaca.org/cobit.htm

DACS

Data & Analysis Center for Software
An interesting analysis of costs/benefits, among many other interesting things!
www.dacs.dtic.mil/

ESI

European Software Institute
See, in particular the RECENT case studies in the VASIE section
www.esi.es

IFPUG

International Function Point User Group
www.ifpug.org

ITSMF

Information on the ITIL model
www.itsmf.com/

PMI

Project Management Institute
www.pmi.org

SEI

Software Engineering Institute
www.sei.cmu.edu

SEIR

Software Engineering Information Repository
Contains interesting consolidated information on the software industry
seir.sei.cmu.edu

Software Engineering Research Lab

at the University of Québec in Montréal
Several interesting subjects on measurements (metrics)
Also a file on the "Body of knowledge " for software engineering
www.lrgl.uqam.ca

SPICE

Software Process Improvement and Capability dEtermination
An ISO project for defining an international standard (ISO15504)
www.isospice.com For information on the SPICE project

SPIN

Software Process Improvement Network
An international network, supported by the SEI, grouping together people interested in process improvement
General description by the SEI : www.sei.cmu.edu/collaborating/spins/spins.html
SPIN - Montreal : www.spin-montreal.org
SPIN - Ottawa : www.spin.org
SPIN - Toronto : www.torontospin.com
SPIN France (Paris) : Jean-Yves.Le-Goic@noos.fr
SPIN France Midi-Pyrénées : http://www.spin.eu.org/france/

SPIRE

A project financed by the  European Commission
in the framework of the ESPRIT/ESSI project
www.cse.dcu.ie/spire/

STCS

Software Technology Support Center for USAF (United States Air Force)
Also includes the magazine CROSSTALK
www.stsc.hill.af.mil