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- From: terry@asl.dl.nec.com
- Subject: Re: Is SEI's CMM being used in Anger
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.055518.13282@asl.dl.nec.com>
- Originator: terry@aslws01
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- Organization: (Speaking only for myself)
- References: <1992Dec11.183821.24010@asl.dl.nec.com> <1992Dec13.174850.26842@spectrum.xerox.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 05:55:18 GMT
- Lines: 42
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- Hi folks,
-
- In article <1992Dec13.174850.26842@spectrum.xerox.com>
- kirby@xerox.com (Mike Kirby) writes:
-
- > In article 24010@asl.dl.nec.com
- > terry@asl.dl.nec.com (Terry Bollinger) writes:
- >
- > | I have a *lot* of problems with the way [SEI's process maturity model]
- > | tries to order things... the FIRST thing you should look for are the
- > | process problems with the biggest payoffs. Waiting until you have
- > | umpteen different "metric programs" in place ... is just a recipe for
- > | disaster...
- >
- > NO NO NO NO...
- >
- > Okay.. Let me try this one more time.
-
- Very slowly, please. (And be sure to repeat key points, repeat key points,
- repeat key points, repeat key points... oh heck, you get the idea!)
-
- > The whole idea of the metrics program is so we can take specific measure-
- > ments of the process and product and make specific recomendations based on
- > those metrics... [lots deleted] What they are saying is that we are
- > measuring the PROCESS as well as the product and predicting the quality
- > in any given project within a particular application domain. Of course
- > a level 4 organization can detect when something goes wrong with their
- > process, but doesn't have the capability to do anything about it. That
- > is what a level 5 organization does.
-
- I enjoyed your posting immensely, but probably not in quite the fashion you
- were expecting. Best of luck on your process improvement program.
-
- Cheers,
- Terry Bollinger
-
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