Hi All, There are different defect removal/detection techniques; however, after the activity – how to decide which defect should be resolved first? And what...
Dear Mr. Sapan, Apply Fish bone diagram technique to identify the causes, there after use pereto (80:20) rule to identify which cause to remove first. Cost...
Hi All, I'm looking for a report on Industry Benchmarks for year 2006. Does anyone have it or know the source from where it can be taken? If anyone has it,...
Folks, Has anyone who is part of this group worked on creating a "Governance Model for Quality system implementation" - if you could share something on that,...
Bharat, Thanks.. But, would someone please also suggest - what particular methods can be used to find/calculate the cost of particular defects? Sapan bharat...
Which of the following costs do you mean: - how much it would cost for the developers to fix it, - how much it would cost the users if it was not fixed, or -...
Hi Everyone, Would anyone help me finding some conferences related to software process management/improvement. I've recently conducted a survey in the UK on...
Hi, We have the Dutch national conference on SPI coming up on october 2, see www.spiderconferentie.nl <http://www.spiderconferentie.nl/> . SPIder (the Dutch...
Hi all, i hope this email will find all of u in best of health n spirits. I want to pursue my career in the process improvement, but i want to ask how much it...
Hi abid,
If u wanna persue a carrier in process improvement. The best way to start it to search for jobs in testing as junior testing analyst, Junior Tester....
Abid, I think Prem has given you very solid advice about starting a professional career path that can eventually lead you to process improvement opportunities....
Dan Turk Colorado State University 26 Rockwell Hall Fort Collins, CO 80523-1277 USA July 17, 2007 My name is Dan Turk, and I am a faculty member in the...
I'm curious to know how many out there have implemented any of the ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) best practices and the thoughts and...
Hi, I am the quality manager of a small software development lab, and our projects are typically small and short in duration (2-3 months). I want to implement...
... I would think defects would have to be prevented at the point where they are happening. What are the root causes of software defects in your organization?...
Note: forwarded message attached. ... Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. Hi, a) Study the past projects or history of defect arrival b)...
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Hi folks, I would institute peer reviews on requirements. This is a guaranteed quick win for defect prevention. Since we adopted peer reviews, we've lowered...
 Hi heba, As steven said, the first thing to look at is the root cause of the defects.. As u have mentioned about the project duration as 2 to 3 months..It...
Hi Yes I agree with you Steve, just to add to what Steve told u... U shud execute it at both the project and the organisation level. But first it shud start...
In terms of appraisal, how do we know if the organization is providing adequate resources, especially in staffing? What artifacts do we need? Regards, Lenny...
Adequate resources, for me, implies two things: (1) Number of team members (2) Skills of team members Artificats - Estimations for number and skills for team...
Hi Lenny, Adequate resources can be shown by using a schedule to assign tasks for process activities that may be synchronized with a communication plan...
Paul, Thank you for the reply. Your example about slipping schedule, isn't that a reflection of good replanning rather than inadequate resources, or both? BTW,...
Hi Lenny, You are right about the slipping schedule. However my point was to show the side effects of not having enough resources assigned to the project...
Just my $.02 though as a PM: planning only goes so far especially when resources are timesharing multiple projects. If I think it will take 5 resources 2 weeks...
Hi Sheri, That's a very good point. We had such issues until we adopted MS Project server to maintain control (or at least knowledge) of resource availability....
Call for Papers Business Impact of Process Improvements (BIPI 2008) Workshop Workshop held at International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2008) ...
