Process improvement for software engineering training

The training program of a software organization is the combination of activities described in the project training plans and the organizational training plan. The training process is the sequence of activities that are performed whenever a training cycle is enacted typically on an annual basis. This paper examines the components of a prototypical training process, emphasizing the early phases where software engineering organizations often exhibit weaknesses: the training needs analysis phase and the training planning phase. The paper concludes with questions for the readers to consider with regard to their own software engineering training programs.