The projects point to the organizational
group members building the baselines and models and say it is their fault we
can??™t do quality management because they have not given us what we need. And the
organizational group members point to the projects and say it is their fault because
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we don??™t have clean data. Don??™t let this happen in your organization. Work from
the beginning to establish organization-wide cooperation.
Transitioning to high maturity can be overwhelming. When in doubt, an organization
should hire outside, expert help. This assistance is offered in the form of
classes, mentoring, supervising data collection and reviews, and building models.
Of course, as consultants we support this approach. However, some organizations
are loathe to hire consultants. The most important thing to remember about hiring
consultants is that you can always fire consultants if you are not happy with them.
So if you need help, get it.
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Chapter 20
Appraisals using
the CMMi
This chapter discusses the Software Engineering Institute??™s (SEI??™s) defined
approaches to CMMI-based appraisals.
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