A starting point for a discussion on marrying Agile methods and CMMI.Everything you thought you knew about CMMI is (probably) wrong.
Posted by Hillel on Dec 13, 2009 in Appraisal, CBA-IPI, CMM, CMMI, CMMIFAQ, Crash Course, DOD, Defense, Early Adopters, Internet, SCAMPI | 1 comment
What most people (80/20) seem to “know” about CMMI and the SCAMPI appraisal method comes from what people learned and how they used CMM and CMMI in the early adoption phase.
However, instead of innovating and using engineering to create appropriate processes, they just reused old and often poorly-fitting processes and approaches to situations they never dreamed of in the 1980s.
Even people with positive experiences with CMM/CMMI tell us that we challenge what they once believed to be “true” of CMMI … but that they’re relieved because many always felt that what they thought was “true” made little sense.
Recommend:
- Entinex CMMI Crash Course™ (Slides, Description)
- CMMI FAQ
Next week:
Your people with prior CMM/CMMI experience are probably worse than worthless, they’ll probably cause you to fail.
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.
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