Here are some links which I have found useful.
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Quality Management
Software Engineering
Reference Material
Consultants

Quality Management and Testing

ATS (Automated Testing Specialists)

White papers and articles on automated testing, test methodologies, testing tools and quality assurance.

Bret Pettichord’s Software Testing Hotlist

Browse this site for lots of papers and references about software testing.

Cem Kaner

This homepage is about the work that he does as a software development consultant and  teacher. Within the software development community, Cem has been a human factors  analyst, user interface designer, programmer, tester, writer, test group  manager, documentation group manager, software development manager, and director  of documentation and testing.

CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration)

CMMI is one of the most widely known and used methods for software development process improvement. It allows either a process oriented continuous improvement or a staged approach. It can be used to guide process improvement across a project, a division, or an entire organization.

EFQM (European Foundation for Quality Management)

Much useful information on Quality Management, including the EFQM Excellence Model

Marick’s Corner

Brian Marick concentrates on test design techniques, developer testing, the interface between  developers and independent testers, and helping projects understand and manage tradeoffs.

Process Impact

Lots of information around process design. Check out the goodies - contains a collection of Microsoft Word Templates and Excel sheets to help plan and document peer reviews of documentation and software.

SPICE (Software Process Improvement and Capability dEtermination)

Originally a major international initiative to support the development of an International Standard for Software Process Assessment. The results of which are now recognised as ISO/IEC 15504.

SPIRE (Software Process Improvement in Regions of Europe)

SPIRE is a project funded by the European Commission within the ESPRIT/ESSI programme.
Their objective is to help small software development units, employing up to 50 software staff, to get business benefit from investment in software process improvement. Publishes case-studies in multiple European languages.

StickyMinds.com

An excellent resource for anyone involved in software development. Lots of interesting articles, discussion forums, etc.

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Software Engineering

ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

ACM is the world's oldest and largest educational and scientific computing society. ACM has an excellent library of articles which can be searched online (membership required). Membership also entitles you to the monthly magazine “Communications of the ACM”.

CrossTalk

The Journal of Defense Software Engineering is an approved  US Department of Defense journal which contains many useful articles on software engineering. Has a powerful search engine for finding articles in back-copies.

DSDM - Dynamic Systems Development Method

The focus of businesses today is on finding the right solutions quickly. DSDM is a project delivery framework to aid the development and delivery of business solutions to tight timescales and set budgets. DSDM is about speed to benefit but not at the expense of quality. DSDM is independent ensuring that it is adaptable to meet the needs of any organisation.

SPMN Quick Links

The mission of the Software Program Managers Network is to enable managers of large-scale,  software-intensive development or maintenance projects to more effectively  manage and succeed by identifying and conveying to them management Best Practices, lessons-learned, and direct support. The site contains many practical aids such as check lists, reference books which can be downloaded, training, discussion areas for project managers and a set of frequently asked questions and answers.

SWEBOK

A guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge. It seeks to identify and describe that subset of the body of knowledge that is generally accepted.

The “V-Modell XT” (German language)

The “Vorgehensmodell” is the German government’s process model covering all aspects of software development, project management, configuration management and software quality assurance. It is usually mandatory for projects which are being executed in the public sector and armed forces. It was last updated in February 2005, this latest version is more flexible than the earlier version allowing tailoring of the model for the organisation and individual projects.

Volere Requirements Specification Template

This template developed by the Atlantic Systems Guild Inc. provides a comprehensive skeleton for the requirements specification of an IT system. The template can be used with Requisite, DOORS, Caliber RM and other popular  tools.

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Reference Material

BSI (British Standards Institution)

Everything to do with the BSI - standards, books, search engine, who's who and more...

IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)

Everything to do with the IEEE - standards, books, search engine, who's who, conferences and more...

ISO (The International Organization for Standardization)

Information about ISO, list of standards, who's who and access (registration required) to their documentation-server which contains the ISO standards.

Mind Tools

Various Techniques to help you think excellently, tackle problem solving and more.

SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) Analysis

A good description of how to perform SWOT analysis

Techniques for Creative Thinking

An interesting collection of methods to help creative thinking

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Consultants

The following recommendations are based personal knowledge of the consultants concerned and their work:

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