CMMI and Six Sigma partners in process improvement

"CMMI and Six Sigma: Partners in Process Improvement focuses on the synergistic, rather than competitive, implementation of CMMI and Six Sigma - with synergy translating to "faster, better, cheaper" achievement of mission success. Topics range from formation of the value proposition t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Siviy, Jeannine M.
Other Authors: Penn, M. Lynn, Stoddard, Robert W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Upper Saddle River, N.J. Addison-Wesley 2008
Series:SEI series in software engineering
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Forrest Breyfogle
  • Foreword / Jack Ferguson
  • Ch. 1. Introduction
  • Ch. 2. CMMI Overview
  • Ch. 3. Six Sigma Overview
  • Ch. 4. Multimodel Process Improvement: The Value Proposition
  • Ch. 5. Two Case Studies
  • Ch. 6. Integrating the CMMI and Six Sigma: Strategies
  • Ch. 7. Integrating the CMMI and Six Sigma: Design Connections
  • Ch. 8. Multimodel Process Improvement: The General Case
  • Ch. 9. Sustainment: Your Improvement Project Portfolio
  • Ch. 10. Summary and Final Remarks
  • Appendix A. DMAIC Roadmap Guidance Questions
  • Appendix B. DMAIC and CMMI Specific Goals and Generic Practices
  • Appendix C. CMMI Process Areas and the Six Sigma Toolkit
  • Appendix D. "Six Sigma as an Enabler" Research Project: Full Report
  • Appendix E. "Six Sigma as an Enabler" Research Project: Findings, Inferences, Hypotheses
  • Appendix F. Overview of Frequently Used Six Sigma Analytical Methods
  • Appendix G. Measurement Practices
  • Appendix H. Transition Practices
  • Appendix I. Organizational Change Management
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-297) and index