Kenneth M. Dymond, author ISBN 0-9646008-6-2 or 978-0-9646008-6-7 January 2007 The perfect companion to the SEI's CMMI, v1.2! ....with updated Dymond Diagrams for lively discussions and new features, such as a helpful index and handy list of acronyms... 50% discount if ordered through PTI Call:  301 261 9921 Email:  spi@processtranstion.com

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This new Guide to the CMMI, v1.2

• Provides the usual clear, readable discussion of Maturity Levels 2-5.
• Illustrates with the Pictogram Method, translating lengthy model text with insightful Dymond Diagrams.
• Gives readers a quick grasp of the model's concepts and draws from the authors wide experience using the model.
• Answers questions such as :  What is the CMMI?  Where did the model come from?  What does Capability Maturity mean?
• Discusses in straightforward language how implementers and appraisers can develop their own interpretation of the model.
• Recommends putting the CMMI to work with implementation threads rather than focusing on Process Areas and checklists of practices.
• Suggests that Models are abstractions, but projects are 3-dimensional flows of activities performed by people under pressure to meet schedules.
• Advises that lasting improvements to remove causes of rework and increase production capability rest on a Lessons Learned and Feed Forward thread.

Sample texts in pdf:
Title, Table of Contents and Table of Figures
Excerpt from "Introduction"
Excerpt from Chapter 1 (pp. 35-41)
Excerpt from Chapter 1 (pp. 9-19)


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