Maximizing your Process Improvement ROI through Harmonization
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Software Engineering Institute
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Abstract
This white paper is an executive overview of the business value in harmonizing process improvement efforts when multiple improvement technologies, models and standards are in use.
It proceeds with an overview of a harmonization approach that reaches from strategy to tactics and connects enterprise and discipline specific improvement.
Cite This SEI Report
Siviy, J., Kirwan, P., Morley, J., & Marino, L. (2008, March 1). Maximizing your Process Improvement ROI through Harmonization. Retrieved September 14, 2026, from https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/maximizing-your-process-improvement-roi-through-harmonization/.
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title={Maximizing your Process Improvement ROI through Harmonization},
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year={2008},
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Siviy, Jeannine, Patrick Kirwan, John Morley, and Lisa Marino. "Maximizing your Process Improvement ROI through Harmonization." Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, March 1, 2008. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/maximizing-your-process-improvement-roi-through-harmonization/.
J. Siviy, P. Kirwan, J. Morley, and L. Marino, "Maximizing your Process Improvement ROI through Harmonization," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, 1-Mar-2008 [Online]. Available: https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/maximizing-your-process-improvement-roi-through-harmonization/. [Accessed: 14-Sep-2026].
Siviy, Jeannine, Patrick Kirwan, John Morley, and Lisa Marino. "Maximizing your Process Improvement ROI through Harmonization." Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute, 1 Mar. 2008. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/maximizing-your-process-improvement-roi-through-harmonization/. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.
Siviy, Jeannine; Kirwan, Patrick; Morley, John; & Marino, Lisa. Maximizing your Process Improvement ROI through Harmonization. Software Engineering Institute. 2008. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/maximizing-your-process-improvement-roi-through-harmonization/