By: liberty

liberty — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:48:03 +0000

The Capability Maturity Model can be found by visiting Carnegie Mellon Institute for Software Development. It’s main purpose was to help software developers, testers, and Q/A people to better understand structured design, development, test & implementation procedures for the new software design and implementation process. When a developer can master repeatedly the steps of meeting with the customer and identifying the needs of the customer, then flow through the software design, review, development, test, review, install/implement, and follow-up process repeatedly, then this will help reduce project scope changes, project install date creep, etc. It teaches developers the way to do software changes in a structured way, when followed by all involved in the life cycle of software changes/new development, it helps all in the process. Identifying meetings with the customer, when to hold them, how to handle meetings (at differents stages of the life cycle), which implements a better understanding of the required changes for all involved, (user, developer, testers, Q/A & managers). Study it, learn the process flow, implement it and reduce your project creep issues tremendously. I was involved with Tinker Air Force Base, Software Quality Assurance group, and utilized this process which allowed the base to help implement CMM standards, the base went from a grade 0 to grade level 5 in less than 4 years for Software Q/A, (improved project control and implementation) using this practice, with 5 being the highest, with Tinker being the Leader in Quality control of software changes over 5 other bases being monitored and tested. Believe in it, it works! REN

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By: liberty