As I've mentioned in the past, I'm certainly no expert on function points, but can see a lot of possibilities there, especially for estimating software costs...
Integrated Teaming (IPPD) is one of the Major gap area in our org. QMS. It seems to me that it it related to IC KPA of CMM L3. If so, then why has it been put...
Since the recent BOSTON SPIN meeting had Capers Jones couching his presentation in function points, and I had him for a speaker in 1990 on the same topic,...
In today's competitive economic climate, IT projects have to prove their worth. In other words --- every dollar counts. To stay in the game, you have to...
Dear Alice, Capers Jones was involved with a few of the proponents of the early function point method in the late 1970's at IBM, along with the inventor of...
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Paul Thompson <paulthompson15290@...> schrieb am 03.12.2002, ... people should beware that spamming to mailing lists is a very bad form of advertising. ...
Monica, I'll give an "official" answer and then a "wonder...." First, We described that the material from SW-CMM for IC was covered adequately in Integrated...
Hi All, I am completely new to the CMMI model. One of the main topics which I am struggling with is Tailoring Guidelines. I am not able to understand what...
Hi all, under what conditions / circumstances can we go for CMM integrated? This's a perplexing query for me. could any one throw on this pl.. Thanks &...
Shailesh, I am working with an organization aiming at Level 3 and we, too, are addressing this issue. To date,our intent is to define tailoring at two levels...
Greetings All, I am starting a CMMI guided process implementation (and hopefully later CMMI certification) project in our company and would really appreciate...
Hi I am a student of MS(Software Engineering). Being a Configuration Manager of the project i had a curiosity to know about the IEEE Software Configuration...
Hello, Can somebody pls. inform what would be the average cost for implementing a CMMI Level 4 / 5 for a Software Organization with 100 persons. We are already...
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hello, it would be a great favour if you could have a look at what www.google.com has to offer on the topic. one google offer is ...
Reddy, I'm sorry that the question is perplexing. When I arrived at the SEI in 1995, we were beginning to consider updating the SW-CMM. By 1997, a draft of a...
René I've done quite a bit of work over the past 22 years with process improvement with all sizes of projects (from 3 staff-months to 100+ staff years of...
Dear all, CMMi references "subprocesses" in the QPM PA as follows: Subprocesses are selected that significantly contribute to overall process performance. ...
Hi, The ISO 9001 certificate is valid for three years, after which there is re-certification. The organisations will have to upgrade to ISO 9001:2000 ...
Hello Shailesh, Let me use a scenario to explain "tailoring guidelines". Suppose your organization has developed a process for all projects to follow. ...
Hi Monica, To a large extent your understanding is correct. To be more precise, if review is a Process, then the SRS review, design review, code review etc are...
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Thanks. For the same we have mapped our Process with our Metrics in a matrix. Soon we will go through each process and look for the sub-processes. That way we...
Hi, Let us assume that the Overall Project Defect Density is 0.2 defects / KLOC If this Project defect density needs to be controlled, then the following: a....
Hello, Can anyone help me understand how Requirements Management (RM) is categorized under Engineering process areas by CMMI . My understanding is that RM is...
The first step of engineering is determining the requirements for what you are creating. Even if those are contract requirements. You must have an unusual...
Just as a data point, according to statistics maintained by the SEI most organizations required roughly 22 months to move from CMM Level 2 to Level 3. Are...
Jan, As a manager, I am all too familiar with the pressures from executive row relative to producing a deterministic schedule for advancing the 'official' ...
I agree with Sarah. Requirements Management is the foundation for designing and developing a quality application. It makes perfect sense to treat that as an...
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Hi, I am in process of defining the DAR process. If anyone could guide me into this, would be helpful. As such i am going through the CMMI DAR process...
... Paul and Jan, First I'd like to "second" Paul's comments. The numbers we record may help give a sense of relative effort, but can not be immune to the ...
