Webinars

On this webinar, leaders and teams of agile organizations -- and those who aspire to be -- gain a basic understanding of how to use the CMMI to build capability in an Agile organization. Our WebStructor is Jeff Dalton, author of the popular blog "Ask the CMMI Appraiser." Jeff is a Certified SCAMPI Lead Appraiser, […]

Too often, companies focus on tracking incidences of non-compliance; only to find that everyone fears the audit process (sometimes, even the auditor fears it!) and they aren't getting any better. A more effective strategy is to emphasize quality over compliance. Establish a structure for collecting data that can help you align your processes with the […]

Register Now Supervisors aren’t doing them right. Employees hate them. HR departments don’t trust the results, and organizations don’t benefit from them. Performance Appraisals are often negative, sometimes painful, and usually meaningless administrative tours to be endured It doesn’t have to be this way. “Everything You Need to Know: Performance Management” offers a strategy for […]

There are many reasons that a CMMI Level 2 or Level 3 company might want to "go Agile:" You are sick and tired of Draconian methods that utilize a top-heavy, document-focused, command and control structure that you THOUGHT you needed to get a CMMI rating You want to preserve the "good" things you did with […]

When the gap between management and engineering is widening ... The auto industry today is replete with internal rancor. While the multi-model approach seemed effective at the time it was introduced, ISO/TS, CMMI and Auto SPICE have been poorly integrated throughout North America, and as a result, management and engineering are acting like independent entities. […]