Free electronic library

Some of the goals of the CMMI are to provide a common vocabulary across
the set of models and to provide clarification on how these areas interrelate. The
integrated model has both a continuous and staged perspective.
Why did We Write this Book?
We wrote this book because we were tired of explaining the same things over and
over and over again, and tired of fighting the same battles over and over and over
again. Sometimes, the people we were explaining concepts and features of process
improvement to were nice; but frankly, many times they were not. Whenever
change might be introduced into an organization, most people feel threatened and
* ?® CMMI is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Offi ce by Carnegie Mellon
University.
** SM Capability Maturity Model Integration, and SCAMPI are service marks of Carnegie
Mellon University.
4 n Interpreting the CMMI
act accordingly. They are afraid of losing what power and control they may have
over their work lives and afraid of appearing foolish, out-of-date, or incompetent.


Pages:
29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53