Top 10 Process Improvement Myths
Every project or site has to have its own policy, Process Asset Library (PAL), Engineering Process Group (EPG), organization training plan, …
- Policies or training can come from a higher level
- See “organization” vs. “project”; not every layer of the organization needs to provide its own twist
- Provide local versions of EPGs, PALs, etc. when that works for you
The mystery of “QA” (too many myths to mention each)
- CMM provides purpose of QA as providing insight to senior management for products and processes (not finding defects)
- QA is not a testing group, needs to give managers reports
The CMM is too hard or too big to understand
- Read your key practices sections including subtext AND Interpreting the CMM section; refer back as needed; voila, expert!