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Comment on eBay, tech and irony by Manuel Pais

Manuel Pais — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:31:26 +0000

If you want to promote CMMI why don’t you just offer the damn books? This sounds ridiculous to me.

Comment on Iron Triangles and Illusory Risk Transfer by Jaap Schuttevaer

Jaap Schuttevaer — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:14:10 +0000

Nice article and, in my opinion, right on the spot. If we stay stuck in old ways of doing things, we never take advantage of (new) developments like Agile. And for sure, in contract management, we need another way of thinking and collaborating instead of old-school contracting.

Comment on Bridging Project Management to Agile Development by Ben Linders

Ben Linders — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:27:45 +0000

Indeed, Agile and project management can be combined, but the role and the activities of an agile project manager are somewhat different A project manager will be supporting (iso directing) the agile teams in delivering working software.

Comment on Don’t miss the benefits of CMMI by Sebastian Cazacu

Sebastian Cazacu — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:59:26 +0000

I guess the first question is what do you mean by well adopted?

- Adopted in a good way in a specific company?
- Generally used in industry?

CMMI does not have a “general use” status in industry except in the Defence market in the US and France, also the Indian outsourcing providers. There are markets with wide usage such as the Systems Integration market generally.

In terms of good adoption, its often applied badly, the reasons include:

- Failure to conduct a baseline of your current capabilities
- Not developing a business case supported by measures
- “Side of desk” funding model – no real funding for the improvement effort
- Chasing a maturity level rather than business outcomes – real benefits

Comment on Don’t miss the benefits of CMMI by PM Hut

PM Hut — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 08:13:04 +0000

2 questions:

- Is CMMI well adopted in companies?
- What are the causes of failure of such projects?

Comment on CMMI and ISO by Tim Stanbrook

Tim Stanbrook — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:12:58 +0000

When I was at Motorola in the late ’90s, the organisation was suffering assessment overload, with cycles for ISO recertification, SW-CMM appraisal and internal Quality System Reviews. The corporate quality department developed a unified assessment method which they got ratified by SEI as CAF compliant and accepted for ISO (can’t remember the exact approval mechanism for this, although KEMA had some involvement in the agreement). It was widely used and, as I recall, pretty successful. It employed a single assessment team, yielding multiple outputs. Certainly saved a lot of audit/assessment time, and the ratings and findings seemed credible. Of course that was primarily leveraging overlap between CBA-IPI and ISO, whereas SCAMPI may be a different kettle of fish.

Comment on Agile Business Conference by barbs66

barbs66 — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:11:09 +0000

It is good to see recognition, at last, that Agile and the corporate world can (and do) work effectively together. I agree that the presentations at this year’s ABC on corporate strength agile generated a lot of interest and shows the agile market is moving on from very small teams delivering web sites in a simple stand-alone environment. Having presentations based on experience and success in complex corporate environments is what so many people wanted to hear.

Comment on Agile Business Conference by Keith Richards

Keith Richards — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:44:51 +0000

Andrew – I got the same vibe too!
I felt that there were several sessions that were of a very high calibre – more substance than hype.

Comment on CMMI and Small Organisations – The Resource Challenge by muhamad arif

muhamad arif — Mon, 30 May 2011 03:06:14 +0000

very nice article i really like it, i appreciate you for posting informative contents over this page.

thank you very much

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Comment on Why is it hard to use Lean in an IT Development environment? by prashant

prashant — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:14:45 +0000

Excellent posts

I had seen one of such initiative taken up by IT company (for implementing lean) during recession times , but it failed beacuse of lack of understanding and was being implemented by team who had never experienced lean on shopfloor

Comment on Don’t underestimate the transformation by Neil White

Neil White — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 14:16:06 +0000

I understand the points you make clearly Graham. It is also clear to me that the reason ‘why’ we must make a change; regime, organisational or business process alike is as important as the change itself. Technology is of course a great enabler but the motivation to use and exploit it must also be at the heart of the mix and central to that mix must be robust answers to questions such as: ‘What benefits will this change deliver?’, ‘What’s in it for me?’, ‘What are the consequences if we don’t change?’. In true pioneering campaign spirit, a change strategy that seeks to accomodate the prevailing hearts and minds of those personnel that lie in the path of change must surely enable a greater chance of success. Better still, before embarking on change explain why it is necessary and involve people in the developement of the solution – let the potential obstacles become part of the change enabling infrastructure. Simples!

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Comment on CMMI v1.3 – evolution not revolution by Ben Linders

Ben Linders — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 08:05:31 +0000

The CMMI V1.3 is indeed an evolution. Major changes are in high maturity, and in the addition of agile, product lines and quality attributes. If those things are used (or planned to be used) I suggest to start using the new CMMI V1.3 quickly, to help you to deploy and improve your practices.

Comment on Headless Chickens and the Missing Process Area by Francisco

Francisco — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:16:01 +0000

David,

I think you are right. Actually, we included a process named “business management” in the Mexican software process model named “MoProSoft” which is aimed to small and very small companies. This process includes strategic management and evaluation of results, among other activities.