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Available free on the DCG
Website are numerous publications.
Today's spotlight
falls on a new article, "Improved Performance Should Be
Expected from Process Improvement" by David Garmus, DCG
Founder and Stasia Iwanicki, Practice Manager, Software
Process Improvement.
This article was orginally
published in the Software Tech News, Vol 10, No. 1 March 2007
is made available with permission from Software Tech
News.
Click here publications to download the full
article...
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Newsletter Vol. 5 May 30, 2007
THE AGILE CORNER
with Michael Harris, DCG
President
There has been much said and written about
the mythical “conflict” between the values and principles of
the Manifesto for Agile Software Development
(http://agilemanifesto.org/) and those of Software Process
Improvement (SPI) embodied in Models such as CMMI
(www.sei.cmu.edu/cmmi/).
However, there is increasing
experience (and evidence at SEPG and other conferences) that
shows that both sets of values and principles can be combined
to deliver more value to an enterprise than either one on its
own.
Using examples from a current project, it can be
demonstrated that software process improvement projects, such
as CMMI implementations, can positively benefit by adopting an
iterative “Agile” approach and adhering to the principles of
the Declaration of Interdependence (DOI) (www.pmdoi.org) which
seeks to extend the Agile Manifesto to non-software products,
project management and management in general...Want to know
more?
For the rest of this article, "Agile & the
Declaration of Interdependence: A new approach to Process
Improvement", Browse our publications section, publications to download the full
article...
 DCG is speaking at ITMPI Software Best
Practices Conference in Albany, NY June 7, 2007
Diane
Bloodworth, DCG Senior Consultant will be presenting
"Understanding and Implementing ITIL"
Please click here
for more on ITMPI, www.itmpi.org
DCG / OnTrack Coaching Webinar
Managing
Organizational Change, Thursday, June 21, 12:00 noon – 1:30 pm
EDT
Register Today!
A successful software
process improvement program can result in improvements in
performance efficiency, on time delivery of software and
higher quality deliverables. There have been numerous accounts
of companies achieving the benefits that come with advancing
to higher levels of maturity with the Software Engineering
Institute’s CMMI® framework, Six Sigma program, CobIT and
ITIL. But the hard reality is that some improvement programs
can and do fail.
By increasing organizational
awareness of the pitfalls an organization may encounter, they
can assess their current culture and evaluate the potential
for success or failure. Top performing organizations are
successful at initiating change because they are not afraid to
execute bold initiatives, are not fearful of making mistakes
and have learned that the road to success is often littered
with a few failures along the way.
This webinar,
presented by DCG's David Herron in conjunction with Marilyn
Edelson of OnTrack, will discuss and highlight key risk
factors that can contribute to the success of a process
improvement program.
Managing Organizational Change,
Thursday, June 21, 12:00 noon– 1:30 pm EDT
Register Today!
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