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2Feb

Proper and Improper Use of CMMI


Just a few thoughts on some questions to pose as a sort of “guide” for whether or not you might expect benefits and value from using CMMI.  These also have the benefit of helping CMMI be implemented in a more lean/agile approach.

When implementing CMMI, Are you seeking . . .

  • Improvement or Compliance?
  • Empowerment or Definition?
  • Clarity & Awareness or Constraints & Rigidity?
  • Bottom-up input or Top-down direction?
  • To understand whether what you’re doing is working?  or Whether you’re doing what the process says?

In this case, we also value the things on the left more.

:-)

The things on the right are a longer road, with questionable benefits and many risks.  The things on the left get you to benefits and value sooner with less carnage and baggage.

Take your pick.

Hillel

My professional passion is to build high performance organizations out of companies motivated to be lean, agile, and achieve world-class results. My best clients are companies who have the courage, leadership, insight, foresight and discipline to be the best places to work, the best value to their customers and the best performing for their shareholders. I take a tough love approach and, frankly, have little patience for executives who *want* these things but expect to achieve them without putting in any effort or making any changes.


2 Responses to “Proper and Improper Use of CMMI”

  1. 彬彬 says:
    8 February 2010 at 17'00"

    I think current CMMI assessment process is seeking whether you are compliant with CMMI rather than whether you get improved from CMMI. This assessment process should be improved as well.

  2. Hillel says:
    8 February 2010 at 17'09"

    Indeed.

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