Top 10 Process Improvement Myths
It is only the engineers’ job (or EPG’s job) to fix this
- Many processes belong to managers
- Touches many parts of the organization
Rename organizations, documents, and processes to match model terminology
- Use your terms; the assessment team translates to the model
- Content (not names) provide basis for compliance
- PRC uses an extended maturity questionnaire (lists each key practice) to map to the CMM
- What if you want to comply with both this and CMMI or ISO 9001?
If I pay enough, I can do this in a few weeks or months (more wish than myth)
- See industry statistics, must show habits of use, not one time use