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1. Review Instructions
2. Acknowledgments
3. Background/Summary of the Project
3.1 Company Profile: CTI
3.2 Company Profile: ASI
4. Purposes of this Toolkit Document
4.1 Expected Audience for the Toolkit
4.2 Where the Toolkit Fits in Overall Pilot Documents Set
4.2.1 A Toolkit for Applying CMMI in Small Companies
4.2.2 Experience Report of Applying CMMI in a Small Company: The ASI Case
4.2.3 Experience Report of Applying CMMI in a Small Company: The CTI Case
4.3 Caveats on the Toolkit Contents
5. How to Use the Toolkit
5.1 Toolkit Organizing Structure
5.1.1 Summary Chart of Tools by Commitment Phase
5.2 Using the Toolkit Website
5.2.1 Using the Table of Contents
5.2.2 Navigation notes
5.2.3 Accessing Downloadable Assets
5.2.4 Special indicators during the Draft Release
Section still has significant work to be done -- usually includes a TBS (To Be Supplied) area of missing text or attachments
Major elements of the section are complete, but there are still some details (e.g. a figure or a small section of text) that needs to be filled in before the section is complete
Section is complete
6. Pilot Process Overview
6.1 Pilot Executive Overview
6.2 CMMI Overview Education
6.3 CMMI/Organization Business Analysis
6.3.1 Business Issue Data Gathering
6.4 CMMI/Organization Detailed Gap Analysis
6.5 Improvement Action Plan Preparation
6.6 Process (Re)Description
6.6.1 Measurement and Analysis Workshop
6.7 Implementation Support
6.7.1 Interim Progress Reviews
6.7.2 Generic Practices Workshops
6.7.3 Project Monitoring
6.8 SCAMPI A Appraisal Preparation
6.8.1 Planning Activities for the Appraisal
6.8.2 Objective Evidence Preparation for the Appraisal
6.9 SCAMPI A Appraisal Conduct
6.10 Lessons Learned Workshop
7. "Meta" Lessons Learned (from workshop and other sources)
7.1 What's Different About Working with a Small Company
7.2 Consensus
7.2.1 Generic Practices
7.2.2 Appraisal
7.2.3 Timing of Generic Practice Application
7.2.4 Project Repository
7.2.5 Joint activities
7.3 Individual
7.3.1 Gene
7.3.2 Sandra
Appraisal Activity Lessons Learned
7.3.3 SuZ
Explicit Use of Adoption Commitment Curve
7.4 Lessons Learned Workshop Agenda
7.5 Workshop Summary
7.6 Summary of Benefits Accrued by Pilot Participants
7.6.1 ASI Benefit Slides
8. Support Tools Used for Contact & Awareness
8.1 Pilot Executive Brief (ASI)
8.2 Pilot Kickoff CMMI Education and Model-based Improvement Overview (ASI & CTI)
8.3 CMMI Business Analysis (ASI & CTI)
9. Support Tools Used for Understanding
9.1 Initial CMMI Gap Analysis Using PIIDs
9.1.1 Process Used for Gap Analysis (ASI & CTI)
9.1.2 Suggested Use for Gap Analysis/PIIDs
9.2 Writing Effective Process Guidance Tutorial (ASI)
9.2.1 "School Solution" Exercise Document
9.3 Measurement/Analysis Workshop (ASI)
9.4 CMMI Action Planning/Implementation Worksheet (CTI)
9.4.1 Example Improvement Plan Section from CTI
10. Support Tools Used for Trial Use
10.1 Interim Progress Reviews
10.1.1 ASI IPR Presentation
10.1.2 SED IPR Presentation
10.1.3 Agenda for Monthly Status Review
10.2 SCAMPI Overview (What You're Getting Yourself Into) (ASI)
10.3 Generic Practices Workshop (ASI)
10.4 Tracker for SCAMPI A Prep and Appraisal (ASI)
10.4.1 Process Used to Apply Tracker
10.4.2 Suggested Use for Tracker
10.4.3 Installation Instructions for Tracker
10.5 SCAMPI A Appraisal (ASI)
10.5.1 Tracker and Excel Tool Templates
10.5.2 Process Used for Appraisal
10.5.3 Suggested Use for Appraisal Tools
10.6 Excel Tools to Support SCAMPI A Prep (CTI)
10.7 SCAMPI A Appraisal (CTI)
10.7.1 Excel Tools
10.7.2 Process Used for Appraisal
10.7.3 Suggested Use for Appraisal Tools
11. What's Missing from this Picture?
11.1 Where do you keep/how do you organize all the documents that are created and needed?
11.1.1 If you are an ISO 9001 registered company...
11.2 How DO you convince senior management to sponsor a CMMI-based improvement effort?
11.3 What kind of organizational infrastructure is needed to sustain an improvement effort?
11.4 How do you deal with the "people issues" related to process improvement?
12. Summary
13. Appendices
13.1 Selected Resources
13.1.1 Books about CMMI
13.1.2 Community Adoption Resources
BSCW Site
CMMI Adoption Area
SEIR (Software Engineering Information Repository)
PARS site for appraisal results
13.1.3 Presentations from CMMI in Small Settings Pilot Project
13.2 References
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