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3.10 What Does This Have to Do with CMMI High-Level
Practices?
The CMMI guidelines with respect to QPM, a level 4 Process Area, states
that:
The specific practices of QPM are best implemented by those who actually
execute the project's defined process—not by management or consulting sta-
tisticians only.
Another tip in the guidelines states that:
…when effectively implemented, QPM empowers individuals and teams by
enabling them to accurately estimate and make commitments to these esti-
mates with confidence. [1]
The CMMI tip tells us to empower project team members. Our experience
tells us this works best when the teams are small.
3.11 The Right Time to Implement CMMI Level 4/5
Practices
This leads to a question:
When should an organization consider implementing higher CMMI level 4
and 5 practices?
To h e l p a n s w e r t h i s q u e s t i o n , l e t u s f i r s t l o o k c l o s e r a t t h e re l a t i o n s h i p s a m o n g
Agile, Lean, and CMMI level 4 and 5.
3.12 Relationships among CMMI, Agile, and Lean
The CMMI is a reference model that helps us understand “what
”
to do. The
Continuous Representation of the CMMI model supports using process
areas based on business needs. Lean and Agile advocates often argue against
the CMMI by asking:
Why do I need to wait until CMMI level 5 to analyze and fix problems?
