Making the Software Factory Work: Lessons from a Decade of Experience

There has been much discussion in recent years of process-oriented techniques for creating organizations that are capable of creating high-quality software, very quickly and at low cost. At the heart of this proposal is a focus on software process maturity, organizational learning to foster continuous improvement, and contractual arrangements that support an exclusive focus on software construction activities, as opposed to a broader focus on end-to-end development of an entire product.