Hi Karen, We had a similar situation sometime back and develped some format to capture effectivess or compliance. This later underwent many updates based on...
ICSPI 2005 in Orlando in November 14-18 If you can attend one conference on software process improvement, you can’t miss ICSPI. The International Conference...
Magdy Hanna, Ph.D.
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Aug 14, 2005 11:26 pm
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Hi all, I have a question regarding the Contents of the configuration Status Accounting Report (CSAR) from the CMM compliance point of view. We are using...
Hi Calin, Let me tell my thoughts on this: CSAR is used to ensure that all project stakeholders are aware of the latest version of the project CI's. If your CM...
Dear Calin, If you really want to be CMMI complaint, you should never ask such a question. "Am I or is my process CMMI complaint?" Any good lead assessor will...
Hi, I am currently doing my final year undergraduate project. I am planning to doing something related to SPI frameworks and their impact in process...
Hi Doreyn, You can indeed do SPI without a model. The advantage of a model is that it provides a roadmap to where you can go. Without a model you must define...
Hello Every one ! I m student of IT Univ of Goteborg, Sweden, I m doing specialization in SPI , it has been asked to us to give suggestions for designing the...
Hello; You may be able to perform software process improvement without using one of the models, but why would you want to? The models you have mentioned were...
rfantina@...
Sep 19, 2005 10:33 pm
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Hi Ashfaq, I believe that if you want to create good quality professional then Quality should be integrated into their blood. By nature they should be quality...
I am trying to find out if anyone of you are interested in sponsoring my company under the SEI partnering program. You will have to already be an SEI partner....
I am part of a two person best practices team. We are trying to build an identity for ourselves within the software development division. Currently we are seen...
HI Karen On our website and in every PPT presentation we include our mission "The Process Group was formed to help software engineers and managers obtain the...
Hello, as you know, during the years some "early" methods based on Function Point Analysis (FPA) have been developed. But often they require a certain time to ...
Does anyone know of a good CMMI/PMBOK comparison? I get this question frequently and would like to put something together. I appreciate any info. thanks, -...
I think both are related and you can find similarities between them. But, since both are focused on different areas, I don't think you can compare them. First...
Usually I just observe here (and elsewhere) to keep in touch with trends in the non-agile software quality community. Does the fact that nobody here disagrees...
While we're picking nits, I wouldn't call Waterfall a "methodology" either, it's a specific type of sequential life cycle. Bruce ... trends in ... mean that ...
Hello, for those interested in PSU (Project Size Unit) technique, I received during September several useful feedbacks and comments. Thus, I've slightly...
I have a foot in both camps being that I work at the SEI and I have a PMO certification. A comparison is somewhat difficult but it can be approached in a...
Seeing as I denigrated a previous attempt at answering this question, I would like to say that this answer is accurate and stated quite well. I have just a...
Steve poses an interesting question where CMMI is document centric or not. I'm certain that was not the intent, but I would suppose it often seems that way...
Is it possible that there has been some confusion between the model and its applications? Let's review history: It's true that the SEI was commissioned by a...
Let me give an example: ** *SG 1 Manage Requirements* [PA146.IG101] *Requirements are managed and inconsistencies with project plans and work products are...
Dear All Would like your views on the following scenario: Assuming that a software house which excels at developing large customized software of the highest...
Steve, You raise some interesting points. Recall that only the Goals are "Required" elements; Practices are "expected" but may be implemented in any manner...
... When you say "documents ... in a form that supports traceability", does that preclude that the information might be storied entirely in a database (or two)...
Hi Ansar , No clearcut soution to the problem ,the issue can be dealt as following :- First attempt should be to get the details of this functionality apriori...
Niranjan Kumar PANDEY
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Oct 15, 2005 4:36 pm
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Hi, This problem is very common on all those projects where the project owner does not have a clear understanding of the requirements or objectives. In some...
Irfan Yasin
irfanyasin72@...
Oct 15, 2005 4:36 pm
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Having reviewed and binned many RFP's for defense/government contract my advise is that you should quote and within that quote clearly define the level of the...
