Are you a small, federal government contractor that is being BLOCKED from bidding because you don't have a CMMI rating? Join us for "Everything you NEED to know: CMMI for Extra-Small Companies!" to learn about how CMMI can work for your small (under 25) company. If you want to bid on government contracts that require […]

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 […]

Everybody is talking about Agile. Throughout the world, IT and Software Engineering organizations are embracing agile methods to take advantage of the benefits of incremental and iterative delivery. Large corporations and the Federal Government are increasingly directing software developers to "be agile," but business practices related to marketing, procurement, project management, and systems definition are […]

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 developing an […]

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 […]