2nd Full Day at SEPG
Let's just start by saying that David Anderson is *way* too generous. His post about me is simply humbling.
So that's how day 2 started. And it was just as good (or nearly) for the rest of the day.
Right after lunch (mixed blessing) I delivered my session on "Time to Market vs. Process Discipline" to a suprisingly large audience. I guess the topic title alone struck a chord. And, if the number of people coming up to me for updated slides and other discussion are any indication, the material was well-received. I got many "thanks for saying what you said" comments as well as many other nice things from strangers as well as people I know. I value everyone's thoughtful opinions and feedback. Here and there discussions ensued over the course of the afternoon long after the session. I hope the general session feedback forms provide useful improvement points.
I attended a very fun session on "Behavioral Clues" of process maturity delivered by one of my CMMI mentors, Judah Mogilensky of Process Enhancement Partners. It wasn't only about "Bottom-Dwelling Mud-Sucking Level 1" companies(TM)*, but also about behaviors of higher-maturity. Quite informative.
*a non-official term of endearment used around the CMMI community for companies just getting started on improving their processes and who are so lost and clueless you can't help but think they're cute... like a puppy or kitten.
The session after that was on Agile implementation in a very data-driven company. I was very happy to see their material because I hope it laid to myth that Agile development doesn't generate manageable data.
The final session was a break-out session after-hours to discuss in an open forum the being done on creating a CMMI set of practices around organizations that deliver pure services, no products. It was rather lively and I hope to get more involved.
In all, a good day for Agile CMMI. I am continually stunned at how many people agree with my philosophy on Agile development + CMMI and yet how few are out there actually doing it.
Tomorrow is a panel discussion. Looking forward to it.
posted by Hillel @ 21:59
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It is definitely possible for data groups to work in an agile way. The techniques exist and frankly are quite straightforward. However, the real problem is a cultural one -- do the data professionals want to work in an agile manner?
Anyway, you might find www.agiledata.org to be a useful resource.
- Scott
http://www.ambysoft.com/scottAmbler.html
Thanks, Scott for the tip Scott! And YES!!! Most of my session came from the "psychology" of the matter and strongly suggested that the issue has been entirely manufactured by proponents on either side who just seem to not want the two ideas to cooperate.
Hillel, keep writing about whatever comes out of the CMMI for services after-hours session, it's something that's an area of key interest to some of us ;)
Thanks, Eric, I sent a message to the guy leading the CMMI for Services work as well as to Mike Philips (PM for CMMI @ SEI) about the matter of referring-to the current CMMI as for "products" rather than "development". There's already enough confusion over whether CMMI is about "development" as it is. The distinction is between "products" and "services", not "development" and "services".
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