September 14, 2007 - Part 2
Abstract
CMMI Level 3 requires the creation of a standard organizational process that is tailored by projects to create their defined process. Organizations typically design their standard organizational process and their tailoring approach without considering higher levels of maturity. Organizations typically write their processes in Word, provide the Word file to their projects, and ask projects to edit the Word file to create their defined process, which doesn’t provide the metrics necessary to do analysis for process improvements at CMMI Levels 4 and 5. At CMMI Level 3, companies should also think about how to design their tailoring approach to monitor their organization’s standard process for improvements. A statistical approach towards tailoring should begin during CMMI Level 3, so the tailoring metrics are available when the organization moves towards CMMI Levels 4 and 5.
This presentation will discuss the approach used at Northrop Grumman Mission Systems for tailoring the organization’s standard process. This tailoring approach provides the metrics necessary to determine when a process is too detailed, not enough detail, contains errors, or requires too much tailoring. This presentation will also discuss how the tailoring metrics are analyzed using statistical methods to better understand the effectiveness of the tailoring process, how the organization’s standard process is being tailored by different types of projects, and how much the organization’s standard process is evolving over time. This presentation will also cover how policy compliance metrics are used to better understand project compliance against organizational policies. Lastly, this presentation will discuss lessons learned from using this approach.
To view the first presentation by Paul Davis, please click this link.
Your Presenter: Diane Mizukami-Williams started working for Northrop Grumman Mission Systems 29 years ago and has been working in the Mission Systems Software Engineering Process Group under Rick Hefner for the last 7 years. Diane is responsible for Mission Systems policies, standard processes, training materials, templates, tools, and other process-related assets. Diane is also a CMMI assessor, ISO-9001 and AS9100 lead assessor, Six Sigma Black Belt, and Six Sigma Green Belt instructor.
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Location:Northrop Grumman E2 Presentation Center (in tall building off of Entrance 2), Redondo Beach, CA (formerly TRW) - 2299 Marine Ave., Redondo Beach, CA 90278
Directions: Take the 405 Inglewood exit (southbound it's the exit after Rosecrans East, northbound it's the exit just after Hawthorne) and go north on Inglewood Avenue (southbound, turn left at the end of the ramp, northbound, turn right). Turn left at Marine. Continue West under the freeway past the railroad tracks three lights to Simon Ramo Drive. E2 is on the tall white building to the LEFT, past the shorter presentation building. (See page 733 A5 of the Thomas Brothers Guide.)
Time: 9 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Admission: Free
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