Wouldn’t it be nice if you could have more insight into the quality of a product, while it is developed, instead of afterwards? If you could measure the quality of your product, and take action when there is a risk that the quality would become lower than required by your customer?
Software reviews and inspections significantly improve the quality of products, and provide major savings in cost and time. Sound logical, but where is the data to prove it? I’ve made an overview of data that has been published on the business benefits of reviews.
The quality of software is often still insufficient. Pair programming is a proven technique that prevents defects from entering the code.
Het Software Engineering Institute, beheerder van dit model, wil graag horen hoe ze het People-CMM verder kunnen verbeteren. De SPIder People-CMM werkgroep gaat een aantal wijzigingen indienen, en we geven je de kans om daaraan een bijdrage te leveren!
I have described a process and a checklist to help organizations that want to start with it, and I´m providing a report with an example in a handy booklet on RCA: Tools for Root Cause Analysis.
Earlier I described how you improve the performance of IT organizations in an agile way. The Agile Journal published a compact version of agile process improvement.
Some companies say that “people are our most important resource”. I’d rather use the term “professionals”, since they are trained, have build up experience and are continuously developing themselves to deliver value for your customers. Question is: Are they empowered to do this in a efficient and effective way? The People-CMM can be used to develop a powerful professional workforce, supporting self-organizing agile teams.
Root Cause Analysis (RCA) has been used for many years to determine a fault’s first or “root” causes in order to identify process improvement opportunities. The CMMI V1.3 has increased the possible deployment of RCA.
In november 2010 heeft het Software Engineering Institute (SEI) een nieuwe versie uitgebracht van het Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI): V1.3. Dit artikel geeft een overzicht van de wijzigingen, en gaat in op de waarde van deze nieuwe CMMI versie.
We all know how to play the Devil’s Advocate. By playing this role, we stimulate a discussion in which we challenge ideas, in order to improve it. But how do you get your ideas to start with? This is where the Angel’s Advocate comes in.
If you want to reach your business goals, then the capability of your workforce is of huge importance. The knowledge and skills of your professionals, and their motivation and drive is a key factor in delivering results. The People-CMM is a maturity framework that describes the key elements of managing and developing the workforce of an organization. The SEI wants to know how they can further improve the People-CMM.
When I worked at Ericsson I used Scrum to manage Process Improvement projects, where it turned out to be a real enabler for Continuous Improvement.