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CSE        Centre for Software Engineering, Irish-based network for process improvement

DSDM    Consortium formed to improve RAD (Rapid Application Development)

ESI          European Software Institute;  private organisation to improve software process in Europe

ESPI       European Software Process Improvement Foundation

ESPITI    European research programs on software

ISBG      International Software Benchmarking Group; benchmark with function points 

IFPUG    International Function Point User Group

SA          Software Quality Association (South Australia)

SEI         Software Engineering Institute; the best source on software process improvement 

SPICE     New proposed standard on software process improvement

SQI   The Software Quality Institute of the University of Texas

TCSE     Technical Council on Software Engineering

WWISA Worldwide Institute of Software Architects, association of software developers