I have written papers and given presentations on various subjects. This page shows some of my featured publications, there is also a full list (with links for downloading).
If you find something on this publications page that helps you, great: Feel free to use it! The only thing I ask is to include a reference to my website. I would appreciate it if you let me know how it helped you, maybe by sharing your experiences on this website. Your experiences are valuable to me!
Featured Publications [Agile] [HRM] [Improvement] [Metrics] [Quality]
Agile [top]
Process Improvement can be faster, cheaper, and must continuously deliver value to the organization. Applying agile principles makes it possible. SPI, The Agile Way! Keynote at SPIder 2009 Conference, for SPIder. Process Improvement: The Agile Way! in Methods and Tools, Winter 2010.
How can a small Quality and Improvement team support a larger R&D organization, by using Agile: Agile Quality: Maximize results with a Small Quality Team. Presented at SEPG Europe 2004 for the SEI, and at PSQT 2005 for PSQT.
HRM [top]
Does your organization implement agile practices? This People-CMM roadmap to agile helps you to focus on critical people issues that need to be addressed when migrating to Agile. Can the P-CMM be used to implement Agile in organizations? Software Quality Professional, Volume 13, Issue 1, for the American Society for Quality.
How do you value your employees. Are they resources assigned to get the work done, or do you look at them as professionals, enabled to deliver results? Resources of Professionals, investeer in je mensen. (In Dutch). In Computable.
Improvement [top]
CMMI version 1.3 has been improved: Clarification of high maturity, alignment of representations (staged and continous) and the addition of modern engineering practices like agile. CMMI V1.3: Summing Up. CMMI V1.3, wat brengt het? (Dutch) In Nieuwsbrief Consultants United nr 9.
CMMI roadmaps are a goal-driven approach to deploying relevant process areas from the CMMI, which provide guidance for effective CMMI adoption. CMMI Roadmaps. Jan J. Cannegieter, Andre Heijstek, Ben Linders and Rini van Solingen. Technical Note CMU/SEI-2008-TN-010, November 2008. Supported by SPIder and the SEI
Visibility of improvement is crucial to sustain improvements and engrain them into the daily work. Continuous Improvement, make it visible! Presented at ICSPI 2006, for the Institute for Software Process
Metrics [top]
How to develop a business case that provides quick insight into potential areas of improvement based on relevant quality factors and the current performance level of the organization. Building Process Improvement Business Cases Using Bayesian Belief Networks and Monte Carlo Simulation. Ben Linders. Technical Note CMU/SEI-2009-TN-017, July 2009. Affiliate at Software Engineering Institute, SEI.
Building Process Improvement Business Cases Using Bayesian Belief Networks and Monte Carlo Simulation. Presented at SEPG NA 2009, for the SEI.
Organizations are increasingly relying on measurements, but many struggle to implement. A big challenge is to use data to make decisions and steer activities of the organization. Make What’s Counted Count: Experiences with Data Feedback. Better Software Magazine, march 2004.
Quality [top]
Improving the quality of your products, using measurements and defect prevention. Controlling Project during Development by Using the Project Defect Model. Presented at PSQT 2005 for PSQT.
Being able to define strategic business objectives and implementing a derived product development strategy with a proactive attitude toward quality determines whether one is successful in the long run. A Proactive Attitude Toward Quality: The Project Defect Model. Ben Linders and Hans Sassenburg. Software Quality Professional, Volume 7, Issue 1, december 2004, for the American Society for Quality.
Learning from mistakes, how does it deliver business value? The Business Benefit of Root Cause Analysis. SM/ASM Conference 2003, for Software Quality Engineering.
