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Ask The CMMI Appraiser Blog
The Ask the CMMI Appraiser Blog is a collection of FAQs, questions, rants, and answers about CMMI that has been around since 2012. Go there to learn, ask questions, or just be entertained!
CMMI-TV
CMMI-TV is the free video series from Broadsword that is your source for answers about agile, CMMI, OCM, and Performance Innovation.
Great Big Agile, an Operating System for Agile Leaders by Jeff Dalton
A Guide to CMMI and Scrum: Improving Agile Performance with CMMI (Jeff Dalton, Principle Author)
Jeff Dalton interviews and podcasts:
Badass Agile – 2019 “Great Big Agile”
Dov Baron – 2020 “Jeff Dalton and Great Big Agile”
Agile Connection – 2014 “Agile Resiliency with Jeff Dalton”
Central Ohio Agile – 2018 “Agile Performance Holarchy”
Walking the Walk: 2018 “Being Agile”
DevOps Chat – 2019 “Doing Agile”
SPaMCast – 2017: “Agile Leadership”
Twenty Interviews and Podcasts with Jeff Dalton
Interesting Links
- Agile Alliance
- Agile Leadership Network
- Ask The CMMI Appraiser Blog
- CMMI Institute
- CMMI Institute’s Published Appraisal Results (PARS)
- Data Management Maturity Model
- Extreme Programming
- Scaled Agile Framework
- Scrum Alliance
- STSC Crosstalk – The Journal of Defense Software Engineering
- Software Development Times (SD Times)
- Ron Jeffries’ Blog
- Scott Ambler’s Blog
- Ken Schwaber’s Blog
- Jeff Dalton’s Blog