| OverviewCapability Maturity Model IntegrationSM (CMMI) has rapidly
become a preferred means of improving organizational processes in
industry and government. Building on a decade of work with process
improvement models, including the Capability Maturity Model®
(CMM®) for Software and the Systems Engineering Capability
Model, a team of over two hundred engineering and process
improvement experts worked for three years to create this broader,
more agile instrument for guiding, integrating, and appraising
improvement activities. CMMI provides a single, integrated
framework for improving processes throughout an organization,
enhancing the quality and efficiency of the organization as a
whole. The CMMI Product Suite is rich in detail and guidance, but
correspondingly large and somewhat complex. The sheer volume of
information it presents can seem overwhelming. CMMI
Distilled reduced that complexity with a fresh and approachable
introduction to the key elements of CMMI and integrated process
improvement. This new edition of CMMI Distilled, updated for CMMI
version 1.1, includes more material in layman's language to meet a
wider variety of reader's needs, but has not lost any of the
technical content that made the first edition so successful.
Written for those new to model-based process improvement, it also
offers insights that can help even battle-scarred process
improvement veterans and experienced systems, software and quality
engineers perform better. CMMI® Distilled, Second
Edition is especially appropriate for executives and
managers who need to understand why process improvement is
valuable, why CMMI is a tool of choice, and how to maximize the
return on their efforts and investments. The three authors have been involved with CMMI since its
inception, and they bring a wealth of their own experience and
knowledge to this book. They highlight the pitfalls and short cuts
that are all too often learned by costly experience. Above all,
they provide a context for understanding why CMMI is the fastest
growing process improvement framework in the world.
0321186133B06272003
Editorial ReviewsProduct Description Text introduces integrated process improvement, describes the work of the CMMI team, offers practical guidance in the use of the CMMI products, and presents some thoughts on the future of CMMI. Previous edition: c2001. Softcover. DLC: Capability maturity model (Computer software). |
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Reader Reviews From Amazon (Ranked by 'Helpfulness') Average Customer Rating: based on 12 reviews. Excellent read for an overview of ÇMMI., 2007-07-15 Reviewer rating: This book is easy to read and well organized and provides a great overview of CMMI. A good choice for those wanting to acquire a working knowledge in a short period of time. | Not for me, I'm afraid, 2006-12-25 Reviewer rating: Many words, but not too practical. Definitions are fine, but that could have happened in 50 pages. This book basically consists of bureacratic motherhood. I will now look for a book written by someone who has actually managed a project to see what his book says about practical application of CMMI.
I wish I could remember the name of the author of a book I read several years ago on SEI processes, which provided excellent guidelines for projects. The author was very explicit and provided examples. He also stated in the Foreword that, though the book contained a great deal of excellent and useful information, if you tried to do everything in the book, you would fail. That may have been the most important line he wrote, since it implied that common sense was still the most important ingredient to meaningful process. | Read it with a manager's mindset, 2006-05-19 Reviewer rating: CMMI is an acronym for Capability Maturity Model Integration, and is almost totally an area of management. Therefore, if you read this book with a mindset that is anything other than that of a manager, it will bore you and you may question the practicality of CMMI. When I say this, I am thinking of software developers, who will most likely consider some of what they read to be impediments to the true ways in which software is created.
As a set of objectives designed to improve quality, the basic tenets and activities mandated by the CMMI model are applicable to many other areas of business and organizations. This book is written for people unfamiliar with model-based processes and is non-technical, so very little is needed in the way of background knowledge. It is very appropriate for the manager who is considering adopting a CMMI model. Not only does it provide the essential background information, but also explains how to begin and execute the implementation of CMMI.
Like all other processes designed to improve quality, the most essential precondition is the desire to improve. No book can provide that ingredient. However, this one provides the essential knowledge about CMMI and I strongly recommend that all managers read it carefully. Even if your decision is to not implement CMMI, the knowledge that you will obtain will force you to rethink your current strategies and no doubt improve them.
| Introduction - yes, implementation - no, 2005-11-17 Reviewer rating: This book is useful to those who are fairly well-versed in CMMI. For me, this is by far the best "reference" material, since it is concise, and it consolidates separate points into a table or a 1-pager with diagrams, making it easier to digest and understand. This is especially so when compared with the thick (700+ pages) big (A4 size) tome official guidebook from SEI. I could easily take Ahern onto the plane / train for quick brush-up on particular process areas. I would recommend this book to those who had already gained some CMMI knowledge, and would need a light handbook for quick reference. | A summary of CMMI, not a practical introduction, 2004-08-26 Reviewer rating: I bought the book thinking it would be a practical introduction on how to apply CMMI to your company hence I was very disappointed to find out the authors have limited themselves only to summarize the CMMI models. Few real explication is given about concepts within the CMMI models, neither any real life experience is shared that could help you implement CMMI. |
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