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- Path: sparky!uunet!autodesk!drake
- From: drake@Autodesk.COM (Dan Drake)
- Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
- Subject: Re: Is SEI's CMM being used in Anger or just Marketing?
- Message-ID: <18166@autodesk.COM>
- Date: 17 Dec 92 20:51:05 GMT
- References: <1992Dec16.210438.7548@netcom.com>
- Organization: Autodesk Inc., Sausalito CA, USA
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- kudzu@netcom.com (Michael Sierchio) writes:
- > No, you just don't get it. It doesn't mean that you can't engage in that
- > activity until you've achieved a certain level in the model.
-
- A reasonable answer. I'm glad to hear this stated explicitly, because
- the idea that
- (a) CMM is a Good Thing and
- (b) CMM says you can't really, effectively do Continuous Improvement
- till you get to Level 5
- *does* exist, rather widely. See recent postings on this thread for
- evidence.
-
- > ... You are engaging
- > in an intentional fallacy.
-
- Glad you know so much about my motivations. Now, what bout the people
- who *supported* this `fallacy' against my attack?
-
- --
- Dan Drake In software, the *complete* design *is* the software!
- drake@Autodesk.com --Hugh Lamaster
-