It is one of his favorite
subjects.
These checklists might also be considered to help structure several activities that
reside in the CMMI process area Organizational Innovation and Deployment.
As a reminder, the phases of process improvement are:
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Set Up??”Set up the EPG and infrastructure. Baseline and plan. Get funding
and commitment.
Design??”Write policies, procedures, identify/write standards.
Pilot??”Train participants and try out the procedures in a few areas. Update
the procedures as necessary.
Implement??”Follow the procedures on all projects.
The pilot life-cycle phases are somewhat similar to those of process improvement.
They are the:
Set Up Phase
Design Phase
Conduct Phase
Evaluate Phase
Implement Phase
Steps in the pilot process are to:
Select pilot projects
Document success criteria and measurement techniques
Orient and train project members in process improvement concepts
Orient pilot participants in the purpose, strategy, and plan for the pilot
Orient and train members in procedures that will be piloted
Orient and train members in their roles and responsibilities
Conduct the pilots
Monitor and measure results
Provide lessons learned
Refine the procedures and processes based on pilot results
Plan for rollout
Update the projects??™ processes and organizational processes as needed
Train/retrain, replan, repilot, as needed
Checklist for Planning and Conducting Pilots
Set Up
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