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Jeannine M. Siviy is the Deputy Director for the Dynamic Systems Program of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), a Kodak-certified Six Sigma Black Belt, and a leading researcher in the application of Six Sigma to software process improvement. M. Lynn Penn is Director of Program Process Management at Lockheed Martin Information Systems and Global Services (IS&GS), where she oversees policies and process command media, process compliance via audits, and process improvement activities. She is a Lockheed-certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. Robert W. Stoddard is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at the SEI, a Motorola-certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt, and President and CEO of Six Sigma IDS, LLC.
List of Figures | p. xiii |
List of Tables | p. xvii |
Foreword | p. xix |
Foreword | p. xxi |
Preface | p. xxiii |
Introduction | p. 1 |
CMMI Overview | p. 5 |
CMMI at a Glance | p. 6 |
Adoption and Deployment | p. 15 |
Benefits | p. 16 |
CMMI Adoption Myths | p. 17 |
Summary | p. 18 |
Six Sigma Overview | p. 19 |
Six Sigma at a Glance | p. 21 |
Deployment | p. 35 |
Applying Six Sigma to Software | p. 37 |
Six Sigma Myths | p. 39 |
Example Benefits | p. 43 |
Summary | p. 44 |
Multimodel Process Improvement: The Value Proposition | p. 45 |
Six Sigma as a Strategic Enabler: An Investigation | p. 47 |
Summary | p. 52 |
Two Case Studies | p. 55 |
Case Study: Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems & Solutions | p. 55 |
Case Study: Motorola | p. 75 |
Summary | p. 88 |
Integrating the CMMI and Six Sigma: Strategies | p. 91 |
Sequencing Scenarios | p. 91 |
Joint Implementation Strategies | p. 93 |
Considerations for Staged and Continuous CMMI Representations | p. 97 |
Considerations for Joint Deployment | p. 100 |
Summary | p. 105 |
Integrating the CMMI and Six Sigma: Design Connections | p. 107 |
CMMI Process Areas and Six Sigma Frameworks | p. 107 |
CMMI Process Areas and the Six Sigma Toolkit of Analytical Methods | p. 112 |
CMMI Project Management Process Areas and Six Sigma Project Management | p. 112 |
CMMI Process Outputs as Inputs to Six Sigma and Vice Versa | p. 113 |
Summary | p. 114 |
Multimodel Process Improvement: The General Case | p. 115 |
Depiction of the Process of Process Improvement | p. 116 |
Mission Translation and Project Portfolio Management | p. 123 |
Model Selection and Strategy | p. 134 |
Solution Implementation: Process Architecture and Design | p. 139 |
Summary | p. 146 |
Sustainment: Your Improvement Project Portfolio | p. 147 |
Product Quality Improvement | p. 149 |
Cost and Schedule Performance Improvement | p. 158 |
Definition and Design of the Decision Analysis Process | p. 172 |
IT Operations: Value Stream Mapping with IT Tools | p. 176 |
Performance Modeling and Simulation | p. 181 |
Summary | p. 188 |
Summary and Final Remarks | p. 189 |
DMAIC Roadmap Guidance Questions | p. 193 |
DMAIC and CMMI Specific Goals and Generic Practices | p. 197 |
CMMI Process Areas and the Six Sigma Toolkit | p. 199 |
"Six Sigma as an Enabler" Research Project: Full Report | p. 203 |
"Six Sigma as an Enabler" Research Project: Findings, Inferences, Hypotheses | p. 215 |
Overview of Frequently Used Six Sigma Analytical Methods | p. 227 |
Measurement Practices | p. 251 |
Transition Practices | p. 261 |
Organizational Change Management | p. 267 |
References | p. 271 |
Additional Resources | p. 283 |
Acronyms | p. 299 |
About the Authors | p. 309 |
Index | p. 315 |
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