Lec 10 Flashcards
Process improvement part 2
Name the 3 process change stages
Improvement identification
Improvement prioritization
Process change introduction
Which of the following is not a part of process change?
a) introducing new practices, methods, or processes
b) introducing new team members to an existing project
c) introducing or removing deliverables
d) introducing new roles or responsibilities
b) introducing new team members to an existing project
The process change problems are __(1)__ and __(2)__
1) resistance to change
2) change persistence
Improvement identification (process change stages)
Using the results of process analysis to identify possible improvements
Improvement prioritization (process change stages)
When many improvements have been identified, it is impossible to introduce all of them at once. You must choose which are the most important.
Process change introduction (process change stages)
Introducing new methods, tools and activities and integrating them with other activities.
Process change training (process change stages)
To gain the full benefits of process changes, the engineers involved must understand them.
Change tuning (process change stages)
Changes will never be completely effective as soon as they are implemented. There must be a period to discover minor problems and make modifications.
Define the CMMI levels
Initial: Essentially uncontrolled
Repeatable: Product management procedures defined and used
Defined: Process management procedures and strategies defined and used
Managed: Quality management strategies defined and used
Optimizing:
Process improvement strategies defined and used
___ is intended as a means to asses the extent to which an organization’s processes follow best practices
Process capability assessment
State the two forms of the CMMI model
Staged: where the model is expressed in terms of capability levels
Continuous: where a capability rating is computed
What is the CMMI model?
A process improvement framework that supports both staged and continuous process improvement.
How does process improvement in the CMMI model work?
It is based on reaching a set of goals related to good software engineering practice and describing, standardizing & controlling the practices used to achieve these goals.
It includes recommended practices that
may be used, but they are not obligatory.
Mention the components of the CMMI framework
Process areas: 24 areas that are relevant to process capability and improvement
Goals: descriptions of desirable organizational states
Practices: ways of achieving goals
