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Author Jacobs, Deb

Title Accelerating Process Improvement Using Agile Techniques
Published Hoboken : CRC Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (390 pages)
Contents Front cover -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- About The Author -- Part I -- Chapter 1 -- Why Accelerate Process Improvement? -- Staying Ahead of the Competition -- What is Process Improvement? -- What is a Process? -- Process Maturity -- Process Maturity Effect on Day-to-Day Operations -- Process Maturity Enhancers and Barriers -- Evolution of Process Improvement -- Frederick W. Taylor, Father of Scientific Management -- Dr. W. Edwards Deming -- Project Management Institute Founded -- Fred Brooks, ''The Mythical Man-Month'' -- Capers Jones, ''Programming Productivity for the Eighties'' -- SEI Established by Congress -- Watts Humphrey, ''Managing the Software Process'' -- ISO 9001 Published in United States -- Initial Capability Maturity Model: SW-CMM -- Initial Standish Group CHAOS Report -- KPMG Survey of Unsuccessful Projects -- Ed Yourdon, ''Death March'' -- Latest PMI PMBOK -- CMMI -- Replaces SW-CMM -- Follow-up Standish Group CHAOS Reports -- India Jumping Ahead of US -- Summary -- Chapter Key Points -- Tips for Success -- Chapter 2 -- How to Accelerate Process Improvement? -- Finding New Cheese -- Questions, Questions, and More Questions -- What You See Is Relative to Where You're Standing -- Selecting the Right Model or Methodology -- Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) Capability Maturity -- Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) Capability Maturity -- Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) Personal Software -- Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) Team Software -- Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) People Capability -- International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001 -- Software Process Improvement and Capability -- Total Quality Management (TQM) -- Software Process Improvement in Regions of Europe (SPIRE) -- Project Management Institute's (PMI) Project Management -- Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF)
Control OBjectives for Information and related -- Business Process Reengineering (BPR) and Business -- System Engineering Capability Model (SECM) also -- Six Sigma -- Knowledge Management -- Keeping It Short and Simple -- Summary -- Chapter Key Points -- Tips for Success -- Chapter 3 -- Key Success Criteria -- Key Success Criteria -- 1. Executive Management Commitment -- 2. Mid-Level Management Commitment -- 3. Organizational Adaptability! Flexible -- 4. Project Management Style! Proactive -- 5. Training Style! Proactive -- 6. Communications Style! Open and Non-Inhibitive -- 7. Delegation of Authority -- 8. Process Improvement Model Familiarity -- 9. Process Acceptance Factor! Positive -- Change Management Challenges -- Summary -- Chapter Key Points -- Tips for Success -- Chapter 4 -- CMMI Basic Training -- Flavors of CMMI -- Terminology -- Maturity Levels -- Maturity Level 1-Initial -- Maturity Level 2-Managed -- Maturity Level 3-Defined -- Maturity Level 4-Quantitatively Managed -- Maturity Level 5-Optimizing -- Continuous Capability Levels -- Capability Level 0-Incomplete -- Capability Level 1-Performed Informally -- Capability Level 2-Planned and Tracked -- Capability Level 3-Well-Defined -- Capability Level 4-Quantitatively Controlled -- Capability Level 5-Continuously Improving -- Categories -- Process Areas -- Specific Goals and Practices -- Level 2 Requirements Management (REQM) -- Level 2 Project Planning (PP) -- Level 2 Project Monitoring and Control (PMC) -- Level 2 Supplier Agreement Management (SAM) -- Level 2 Measurement and Analysis (MA) -- Level 2 Process and Product Quality Assurance (PPQA) -- Level 2 Configuration Management (CM) -- Level 3 Requirements Development (RD) -- Level 3 Technical Solution (TS) -- Level 3 Product Integration (PI) -- Level 3 Verification (VER) -- Level 3 Validation (VAL)
Level 3 Organizational Process Focus (OPF) -- Level 3 Organizational Process Definition (OPD) -- Level 3 Organizational Training (OT) -- Level 3 Integrated Project Management (IPM) -- Level 3 Risk Management (RSKM) -- Level 3 Integrated Teaming (IT) -- Level 3 Integrated Supplier Management (ISM) -- Level 3 Decision Analysis and Resolution (DAR) -- Level 3 Organizational Environment for Integration (OEI) -- Level 4 Organizational Process Performance (OPP) -- Level 4 Quantitative Project Management (QPM) -- Level 5 Organizational Innovation and Deployment (OID) -- Level 5 Causal Analysis and Resolution (CAR) -- Generic Goals and Practices -- SW-CMM -- Mapping to CMMI -- Summary -- Chapter Key Points -- Tips for Success -- Chapter 5 -- Implementing the CMMI -- Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) Cycle -- IDEAL -- Model -- Organizational Processes -- Process Architecture -- Developing Processes -- Structured Analysis and Design Technique (SADT) -- Integrated Computer Aided Manufacturing (ICAM) -- Definition (IDEF) -- Data Flow Diagrams (DFD) -- Role Based Models -- Entry-Task-Validation-Exit (ETVX) -- Entry-Task-Exit-Measure (ETXM) -- Flowcharting -- Chunking -- Information Mapping -- Organizational Process Library -- Tailoring Processes -- Enforcing Process Use -- Summary -- Chapter Key Points -- Tips for Success -- Part II -- Chapter 6 -- Accelerating Process Improvement Methodology (APIM) Description -- Agile Programming Methodology -- Short Iterations -- Frequent Deliveries -- Open Communications -- Close Collaboration -- Tight Teaming -- Simplicity -- Refactoring -- Continuous Testing -- Proactive Plan Management -- APIM -- APIM Phases -- Pre Maturity Phase -- Maturity Phase -- Post Maturity Phase -- Summary -- Chapter Key Points -- Tips for Success -- Chapter 7 -- Pre Maturity Phase: Step 1-Launch -- Process Improvement Goals -- Executive Management Buy-in
Resources and Budget -- Initial Master Schedule -- Authorization and Approvals -- Executive Steering Committee -- Process Team Generation -- Kickoff Meetings -- 1. Executive Management Kickoff Meeting -- 2. Process Team Kickoff Meeting -- Marketing Process Improvement -- Summary -- Chapter Key Points -- Tips for Success -- Chapter 8 -- Pre Maturity Phase: Step 2-Planning -- Action Planning -- Key Planning Areas -- Short-Term and Long-Term Goals -- Communications Planning -- Data Management Planning -- Issue Resolution Planning -- Process Peer Review Planning -- Process Format Planning -- Quality Assurance Liaison Planning -- Risk Management Planning -- Tools for Success: Techniques, Methods, Models, and Databases -- Project Management Databases -- Techniques, Methods, and Models -- Detailing the Master Schedule -- Measures for Success -- Selecting Projects for Process Improvement -- Team Action Plan -- Organizational Kickoff Meetings -- Establishing Regular Status Meetings and Reports -- Process Group Team Meetings -- Executive Steering Committee -- Process Group Training -- Organizational Training -- Summary -- Chapter Key Points -- Tips for Success -- Chapter 9 -- Maturity Phase: Step 1-Awareness -- Mini-Assessment Methodology -- Mini-Assessment Team Composition -- Mini-Assessment Scope -- Mini-Assessment Process -- Pre-Assessment Activities -- Mini-Assessment Implementation Activities -- Post-Assessment Activities -- Mini-Assessment Tools -- Mini-Assessment Process Group Sessions -- Mini-Assessment Results -- Summary -- Chapter Key Points -- Tips for Success -- Chapter 10 -- Maturity Phase: Step 2-Triage -- Triage for Prioritization -- Learning from Mistakes -- Keeping it Agile -- Triage Process Group Meeting -- Managing Actions -- Summary -- Chapter Key Points -- Tips for Success -- Chapter 11 -- Maturity Phase: Step 3-Resolution
Process Action Teams (PAT) -- PAT Mentors/Coaches -- Building High-Performing PATs -- Pair Programming for PATs -- PAT Action Plan -- Resolution How-To's -- Developing Processes -- Refactoring -- Testing /Prototyping Processes -- Peer Reviews -- Monitoring PATs -- Summary -- Chapter Key Points -- Tips for Success -- Chapter 12 -- Maturity Phase: Step 4-Training -- Training Methods -- Classroom versus Workshops versus Online Training -- In-House Versus Off-Site -- Training Conduct -- SAVI -- Lecture versus Exercises -- Making it Fun -- Standard Contents for Training Sessions -- Preparing For Training -- Organizing Ideas -- Training Survey/Evaluation -- Use Training To Gain Buy-In -- Summary -- Chapter Key Points -- Tips for Success -- Chapter 13 -- Maturity Phase: Step 5-Deployment -- Process Piloting -- Evaluating the Process Effectiveness -- Process Group Mentoring Piloted Processes -- Summary -- Chapter Key Points -- Tips for Success -- Chapter 14 -- Maturity Phase: Step 6-Trial -- Putting Processes on Trial -- Evaluating Effectiveness -- Final Approvals -- Deploy Processes -- Formal Appraisal or Not -- Lessons Learned -- Summary -- Chapter Key Points -- Tips for Success -- Chapter 15 -- Post Maturity Phase: Step 1-Assess -- Some Formal Assessment Methods -- Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) Capability Maturity -- Models Integration (CMMI -- Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) Capability Maturity -- Models for Software (SW-CMM -- Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) Personal Software -- Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) People Capability -- International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001 -- Software Process Improvement and Capability -- Project Management Institute's (PMI) Project Management -- Body of Knowledge (PMBOK -- Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) -- Control Objectives for Information and related
Summary Jacobs, a consultant in process improvement, explains how agile programming is applied to standard process improvement. She details steps for implementing the accelerating process improvement methodology (APIM) and shows how to integrate APIM with various process improvement models and methods, including the ISO 9000 series, SPICE, TOM, SPIRE, PMBO
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Subject Software engineering.
Computer science.
Computer software -- Development.
Project management.
Software engineering -- Management.
Electronic Data Processing
Computer science
Computer software -- Development
Project management
Software engineering
Software engineering -- Management
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781420031157
1420031155