Agreed with Pat, however, you still want to define complexity then you may accept user case based concept. Define complexity based on number of transactions in...
Hi, I recently joined this group and i wanted to know some inputs and suggestions on the following topic: An organization is assessed at level 4 and if they...
Hi Neil, Thanks for your detailed reply. It gave me a basic idea what should I need to do. Meanwhile I am not able to download the Project Plan document. If...
Hi Arthur, It sounds like you have a real battle on your hands. I think it is good that the Customer is giving the project team a "Functional Specification". ...
Will, please see file named "Estimation Component Size Rationale.xls" in the Files > Cost Estimation section. This is a simple means for estimating component...
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Hi All, Defect Density is used as a Product Quality measure and I understand that it is mostly calculated as defects/size of application(FP/LOC etc) I have a...
All, Thanks for the insight you all provided on my question on tailoring of the CMMI processes. But I think I am a little dense. What are the minimum things...
Mike, The CMMI Goals are "required" model components. You MUST satisfy all of the goals in the applicable maturity level 2 process areas or the result of the ...
basically you need to account for all the specific practices in the PAs you want to cover and all the generic practices up to the capability level you want to...
Outsider means with the 3rd person, because history shown that developer or the team who developing software would not like to find bug in his program. BUT if...
Pat, Thanks, your response in right on point. Mike Michael Desman Automation Planning Specialist Information Technology mike.desman@... 215-574-6661 ...
Hi Pat, I think you are right, but I´m just wondering about SAM (Supplier Agreement Management). We are immplementing CMMi L2 and of course we have defined...
Charly, If you currently don't have suppliers, then SAM would be deemed "not applicable" for the appraisal. It would be outside the bounds that I stated: "In...
Charly You are right. I worked for cative IT unit of big Financial services company. We went for an CMMI level 2 appraisal with no candidate project implmenetd...
Venky/Charly, If SAM is not applicable, then having a documented SAM process (or not) has no bearing on the outcome of the appraisal. If SAM is out of scope,...
Hello Pat and other CMMI Experts, Please help me with the following two questions: 1) We have bought tools, e.g, PVCS Dimensions, which is a CM tool, Caliber,...
Tuyen, The answer to #1 is that you may, but need not, use SAM to manage tool suppliers - assuming that the tools are not delivered to your customers as part...
Hi Kasim, For CMMI-L3, as it specifically requires a corporate standard process, then the company needs at least the following dedicated groups: - EPG or SPEG...
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Hi Tien These groups are expected from cmmi, but they can all be part-time resources, or fulltime. EG, QA people can be part-time, a dedicated number of hours...
Dear all, Is there a SEI recommendation to do a readiness review on site before the "on site SCAMPI phase"? Although some appraisers working with us recommend...
Per a group discussion and suggestion by Pat O'Toole, our department has decided to gather an experiential skills inventory for added process improvement. We...
Ernesto, We often refer to our "standard SEI answer" -- "it depends..." This in fact does fit this situation, and likely explains why you have had various...
Hi Ernesto, Most of my readiness reviews are done by conference call. Email works too. It depends on how much you need to discuss based on how much work there...
Currently 'my' company is implementing/coding a knowledge management tool based on MediaWiki. To sketch a clearer picture, please visit www.wikipedia.org, as...
Hi all, Our company is striving to achieve CMMI-L3. We know that quality and process training must be intensive, but we are not sure how much intensive it is....
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Hello Asim, about the "what", you could refer to this page: http://www.triz-journal.com/whatistriz_orig.htm <http://www.triz-journal.com/whatistriz_orig.htm> ....
Hello, Recently, my company participated in a Class B Appraisal, in order to be prepared for our Class A, perhaps in january. One of the issues that the...