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Our
Spotlight this month is on
Leveraging Lean Philosophies in Your CMMI
Implementation
Implementing the CMMI can take many paths which
range from classic plan driven implementations to
implementations that embrace agile practices. Regardless of
the path you have chosen, embracing lean philosophies can
fundamentally improve the effectiveness, efficiency and
acceptance of the processes you implement.
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One Size Fits ..... Someone Other Than
Me
Changing human behavior and software
engineering mechanics is a messy business despite the
theorists' best efforts to define a single model that
can best guide organizations. This is because
both are inherently non-linear, if for no other reason
than humans are involved. It is well known
that any system no matter how carefully constructed is
inherently non-linear if it includes humans and that
combining two or more non-linear systems will yield
chaos (eventually). DCG has long
recognized that to avoid the frightened users and
cranky managers created when chaos ensues,
organizations must apply controls (in the form of
management theories, models, methodologies and tools) to
make the system more predictable. Our
experience however is that one whole model is rarely
effective or sufficient for providing the stability and
predictability needed to prosper in a sea of
chaos.
To read the rest of this article by
Tom Cagley, Vice President of Process Improvement and
Measurement, click
here.
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An IT
Industry Perspective
DCG's Value
Visualization Framework, which will be discussed in an
upcoming webinar (see Upcoming Events below), speaks
directly to the following study, as reported in the Wall
Street Journal:
"According to a study by
Diamond Management & Technology Consultants Inc., of
Chicago, 87% of business leaders say they believe that
IT is critical to their companies' strategic
success.
The study finds
that few businesses have yet positioned IT in a way that
allows it to achieve this. Only 33% of business
leaders say IT is very involved in developing their
company's strategy, and 30% say the
business executive in charge of strategy works closely
with IT, according to the Diamond study. That has
an impact on performance: 76% of companies say
they have had to abandon a tech project, including 29%
that say they have abandoned more than 10% of these
projects, according to the Diamond Study."
The Wall Street Journal, Tuesday, December 4,
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Upcoming
Events
WEBINARS/CONFERENCES DCG speaking on Lean CMMI at
Atlanta Spin, Wednesday, 1/16/08. Click here for more
info...
DCG VVF Webinar: Does one size
fit all in Process Improvement?
Thurs.
January 17, 2008 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
EST. Click Here for information and to
register.
DCG MKS Series:
CMMI Compliant Metrics,
Thurs. January 31, 2008 1:00 PM -
3:00 PM EST. Click Here for information and to
register. Process Enforcement with MKS Integrity
webinar available, Click Here.
DCG CAI Series: Implementing and
Sustaining a Software Measurement Program.
Wed. February 13th,
2008, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm EST. Click Here for information and
to register.
DCG
ON-LINE TRAINING Function
Point Analysis (a 2-day
course)
Tues.
February 26 - 29 (4-1/2 day sessions). Click Here for a
Course Outline and to
register.
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