Search the Internet for U.S., Canadian, and Australian government reports on failure in aircraft control software. Is this problem getting better or worse?
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Search the Internet for sites dedicated to the Rational Unified Process. How would you present an argument to your management to employ this process for software development in your own organization?
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Look at the CMM site at the Software Development Institute. Can you see how this complex model could be applied in your organization?
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What is the current status of the ISO 9000-3 Software Development Model, and what firms are supporting its use by software developers?