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Home > CrossTalk Jan/Feb 2010

CrossTalk - The Journal of Defense Software Engineering
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Table of Contents    Download Entire Issue (1001CrossTalk.pdf PDF 2241KB)
   Policies, News, and Updates   
   * Announcing CrossTalk’s Co-Sponsor Team for 2010  (10012010CoSponsors.pdf PDF 68KB) 
Meet CrossTalk’s 2010 co-sponsors.
  
   * The 2010 Editorial Board  (10012010EditorialBoard.pdf PDF 42KB) 
CrossTalk presents our valued board of article reviewers for 2010.
  
  
   CMMI: Getting a Handle on Process   
   * An Integrated Framework for Performance Excellence  (1001Dutton.pdf PDF 179KB)
by Jeffrey L. Dutton
Find out how a CMMI-based framework—utilizing Lean Thinking, Six Sigma, and the Information Technology Infrastructure Library— can be a highly successful approach for performance improvement.
  
   * Process Improvement for All: What to Expect from CMMI Version1.3  (1001PhillipsShrum.pdf PDF 283KB)
by Mike Phillips and Sandy Shrum
This article discusses the forthcoming CMMI Product Suite Version 1.3: rationale for the update, its development schedule, and its improvements to the three models and SCAMPI appraisal.
  
   * Scope Management: 12 Steps for ICT Program Recovery  (1001DekkersForselius.pdf PDF 250KB)
by Carol Dekkers and Pekka Forselius
This article focuses on the scope management process northernSCOPE, a means of leveraging and augmenting professional project management on information and communications technology projects.
  
   * Stealth CPI: Managing Work Products to Achieve Continuous Process Improvement  (1001AblerWarren.pdf PDF 127KB)
by Ron Abler and Ted Warren
The benefits of CPI during implementation have been minimal, but Warren and Abler’s method may change that.
  
   * CMMI, Swiss Cheese, and Pareto  (1001Corbin.pdf PDF 101KB)
by Darrell Corbin
Corbin’s case study of a CMMI appraisal preparation—including Alan Lakein’s “Swiss Cheese Method” and the Pareto Principle—shows a way other organizations can successfully get ready.
  
  
   Open Forum   
   * Love and Marriage: CMMI and Agile Need Each Other  (1001Glazer.pdf PDF 387KB)
by Hillel Glazer
This article shows that when working together, CMMI and Agile can complete each others’ capabilities and lead to fast, affordable, visible, and long-term benefits.
  
  
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