Software Process Improvement: Ten Traps to Avoid
Karl E. Wiegers · 1998
This paper describes ten common traps that can undermine a software process improvement program. Learning about these process improvement killers---and their symptoms and solutions---will help you prevent them from bringing your initiative to its knees. However, it is important to realize that none of the solutions presented here are likely to be helpful if you are dealing with unreasonable people.