In this article, we present a categorization of CMMI Specific Practices, and use this to reanalyze prior work describing the perceived value of those practices for Small-to-Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), in order to better understand the software engineering practice needs of SMEs. Our categorization is based not on process areas, but on outcome areas (covering organizational, process, projec...

The relationship between agile methods and Software Engineering Institute’s CMM approach is often debated. Some authors argue that the approaches are compatible, while others have criticized the application of agile methods from the CMM perspective. Only few CMM based assessments have been performed on projects using agile approaches. This paper explores an empirical case where a project using ...

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Since the release of Building Systems from Commercial Components [Wallnau 01] in July of 2001, the design and engineering team from the SEI COTS-Based Systems Initiative has developed the collection of techniques described in that book into a more prescriptive COTS-based systems design process. This evolution has been partially described in this column and other forums and will soon be offered ...

In den letzten Jahren wurden agile Methoden wie eXtreme Programming zunehmend populär. Parallel dazu stützen sich mehr und mehr Unternehmen auf Reifegradmodelle, um ihre eigenen Prozesse oder die der Zulieferer zu analysieren und zu verbessern, nachdem sich immer mehr die Ansicht durchsetzt, dass viele Projektmisserfolge undisziplinierten, inkonsistenten Prozessen zugeschrieben werden können. I...

In December 2001 the SEI CMMI Product Team released version 1.1 of the Capability Maturity Model Integrated for Systems Engineering and Software Engineering (CMMI-SE/SW 1.1). After several years of preparation the CMMI replaced both the CMM version 1.1 of 1993 (SW-CMM) and the systems engineering standard EIA 731. According to the SEI survey data, several hundred organisations from all over the...

Simulation and the Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI) are both fundamentally process focused with common objectives. Both are tools used to advance process capabilities and performance. Can organizations apply simulation to their business practices to help them achieve higher levels of CMMI maturity? Which specific Process Areas would simulation add the most value? Simulation projects ...

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The challenge for software development house in Bangladesh is to find a path of using minimum process rather than CMMI or ISO type gigantic practice and process area. The small and medium size organization in Bangladesh wants to ensure minimum basic Software Process Improvement (SPI) in day to day operational activities. Perhaps, the basic practices will ensure to realize their company's improv...

Software Process Improvement (SPI) has become the key to the survival of many software development organizations. As a follow-up of a previous paper on SPI for the CMM using Quality Function Deployment (QFD), a new SPI framework integrating QFD with the CMMI is developed. Similar to the earlier SPI framework for the CMM, the proposed SPI framework based on the CMMI using QFD aims to achieve thr...