Process Improvement in Multimodel Environments (PrIME)
The Process Improvement in Multimodel Environments (PrIME) project will span a breadth of topics that are needed for an organization to be successful with process improvement in multimodel environments. The project will concentrate on several subsets of models and standards that are commonly used in industry, such as Six Sigma, CMMI®, Lean, and Agile methods. (One of the project leaders, Jeannine Siviy of the SEI, co-authored a book on how CMMI and Six Sigma can be harmonized.)
The SEI has long held a leading role in process improvement technology research and implementation. This project is an extension of that leadership and the SEI position as a vendor-neutral trusted advisor to government and industry organizations.
The PrIME project will deliver on the promise of multimodel process improvement, which includes
- business, rather than model, focus
- long-term, sound, and effective organizational approach to technology and model selection
- cost reduction through economies of scale for all aspects of model implementation, as well as audits and assessments
- cycle-time reduction for improvement efforts and the realization of performance objectives
- culture change related to the establishment of enterprise processes, measurement systems
- process robustness to an ever-evolving and dynamic world of models and regulations
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PrIME will focus on different research aspects in each project year. In each project year, the PrIME project will produce and share with sponsoring organizations case study results, pilot results, survey results, training materials, a guidebook that will be updated annually with new practices and insights, and other publications. Become a project sponsor. |
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