To have a successful process improvement program, which will enable your company to increase your efficiency and effectiveness, and to grow your company, you will need to establish a process improvement infrastructure. Too many companies get appraised and obtain a Read more…
Choosing a lead appraiser is a very important decision. Believe it or not, there is a lot of difference between lead appraisers, especially in interpreting the CMMI model practices. I joke that the easiest and quickest way to get two Read more…
In my previous blog I mentioned that there are three choices for addressing the gaps from the process review. Choice 1: document the processes yourself. This will depend on the personnel and time available to document the processes. A concern Read more…
I receive many calls and emails from companies who are interested in obtaining a CMMI maturity level. Most of the time they want a maturity level so they can bid on RFPs that have a CMMI requirement. Few companies want Read more…
Background Over 16 years working with software development companies to implement the CMM/CMMI. Experience includes appraising small companies and large corporations worldwide. A practical and common sense thought process is used: it must make business sense for the company, and Read more…
Here are eight steps for easy, common sense, cost effective way to set up the process improvement infrastructure and to implement the CMMI. Let everyone know why you are implementing the CMMI and how important it is to the company. Read more…