A starting point for a discussion on marrying Agile methods and CMMI.Documentation vs. Evidence
Posted by Hillel on Mar 14, 2006 in Uncategorized | Comments Off
A conversation I’ve now had a number of times, including on the Agile v. CMMI panel at SEPG deserves special mention.
The appraisal process for CMMI which looks to see that an organization has a process improvement program in place (called “SCAMPI“) doesn’t explicitly require “documents” as artifacts. Neither does CMMI itself.
What is required is “evidence”.
Evidence is not always documentation.
One enabler of CMMI in Agile/agile environments is this distinction. I expect to write more about the SCAMPI process soon enough.
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