• DocumentCode
    3060747
  • Title

    A Blueprint for Building IT Workforce Empowerment Program Based PCMM Level 3 (People Capability Maturity Model)

  • Author

    Gamal, Ahmed M.

  • Author_Institution
    Senior software engineer, phone: +2012-1174334, E-mail: ahmos400@yahoo.com
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    16-18 Dec. 2008
  • Firstpage
    101
  • Lastpage
    105
  • Abstract
    Although human capital is one of many factors affecting the quality of different industries, human capital is considered the most essential factor in the quality of software industry. Considering that software development is a pure intellectual activity, the quality of workforce potentially affects the quality of the final product. This paper tries to identify the need for workforce empowerment process, efforts and approaches implemented by some companies to empower IT workforce. Provides overview on IT workforce empowerment standards, provides blueprint on how to implement workforce empowerment framework.
  • Keywords
    Capability Maturity Model; DP industry; human resource management; software development management; software quality; IT workforce empowerment program; PCMM level 3; human capital; intellectual activity; people capability maturity model; software development; software industry; software product quality; Capability maturity model; Companies; Computer industry; Coordinate measuring machines; Human factors; Management training; Production; Programming; Software quality; Stress;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information & Communications Technology, 2008. ICICT 2008. ITI 6th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cairo
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2929-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ITICT.2008.4806648
  • Filename
    4806648