The SCAMPI is a method whereby
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a team is formed that examines any processes (both formal, and in low-maturity
organizations, informal) that exist in an organization and rates their strengths and
weaknesses as they relate to the CMMI. The organization will then decide which
process areas to focus on first. Guidelines for beginning and assessing your process
improvement trek are given in later chapters in this book.
Problems
The process focus is not without its challenges. That is a nice way of saying it ain??™t
perfect. It you look at the last line of one of the preceding paragraphs, it states,
???Process, when supported by training, enough money, enough skilled people,
proper tools, and management commitment, can help your organization.??? Most
people don??™t understand process until they??™ve been struggling with it for at least
a year. Training is considered a dirty word in some organizations??”???if they don??™t
have the skills, we don??™t hire them,??? or ???we only hire skilled people.??? And as most of
you know, if you are really good at something, your organization is going to place
you on one project full time, and then pull you off that project and place you on
one in trouble (full time), and then have you ???help out??? on another project in your
???spare??? time.
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