Software Process Improvement

Discover the ease at which CMMI can be customized to meet the unique needs of service organizations. Gain invaluable insight into how implementation can make a positive contribution to your bottom-line! If you use an Internet search engine and type in the terms “CMMI & benefit”, you will find numerous examples about how to introduce CMMI successfully. These examples range from improvements in cycle time, response time, defect/problem reduction, cost savings, and productivity increases up to predictions of shipped defects. However, these numbers need to be looked at very carefully... Read the full article: http://www.executivebrief.com/article/cmmi-for-services-surprisingly-flexible/ . Read Full Story

To mature software engineering , we must learn from history, and to learn from history, we must define what we do when we develop software and how we do it. When we produce a process specification and define measures for the key process parameters, we are beginning to build the basis for reliably and consistently recording and learning from history. That is why the process revolution is so important. According to Watts S. Humphrey, from Software Engineering Institute, new software engineering processes will drive creativity and productivity while limiting schedule and cost overruns. Read on to discover how to learn from history, build on ... Read Full Story

Combined Scrum and CMMI development helps you balance cost and quality needs. Learn new best practices for optimal project management . With most projects, initial specifications are vague and subject to multiple changes. Project managers encounter delays in receiving customer revisions as well as inconsistent or conflicting requirements. This leads to delay, rework and unhappy customers. Most misunderstandings are generated early in the project but are only detected much later. The result is increased fulfillment time, cost escalation, and ultimate lower quality. Read on: Combining CMMI and SCRUM to Minimize the Total Cost of Quality . Read Full Story

The benefits of process improvement are no longer reserved exclusively for members of the software industry. Learn how SEI expanded the CMMI model to accommodate the needs of additional markets! Read the full ExecutiveBrief article here: http://www.executivebrief.com/article/cmmi-benefits-now-extended/ . Read Full Story

Process documentation increases in sophistication as CMMI maturity levels rise…learn how to get to the next level by moving beyond detailing what a CMMI process is to defining how the process is actually performed! Often the organization’s process writers do not understand how to properly document a procedure. Rather than simply telling someone HOW to perform the process, process writers record a set of requirements that individuals must meet in order to perform the procedure. A procedure that is written in that manner allows individuals to perform the procedure in multiple ways. The conventional wisdom that states that commands and directives tell an individual ... Read Full Story