There are many things to consider when picking an SCM standard or framework for your organization. Taking the time to explore compliance, politics, experience, and driving forces before making a selection will increase acceptance and smooth the transition.
Today's Agile teams contend with challenges that few development visionaries could have imagined when the foundations for Agile were first put in place. In this article, we will examine Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that Agile teams can use to achieve transparency into key development processes, and fulfill the customer requirements of our maturing world.
For some reason, the mystique of CMMI Level 4 seems to be wrapped around control charts-one of the methods used for statistical analysis of data. While use of control charts is almost always present in statistical analysis of software processes, Ed Weller all too often sees the reason for using statistical methods-and the reasoning behind the superficial analysis-lost in the concern for "building control charts to show that Company X is CMMI Level 4." Ed Weller offers valuable insight on CMMI Level 4 and what it really signifies.