The Value of Harmonizing Multiple Improvement Technologies: A Process Improvement Professional's View

SEI Report
First in a five-part series, this white paper examines challenges organizations face in multimodel environments and process improvement approaches for addressing them.
Publisher

Software Engineering Institute

Abstract

This white paper is the first in a five-part series dedicated to examining problems organizations encounter when operating in multimodel environments and the current process improvement approaches such organizations need to consider.

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Kirwan, P., Marino, L., Morley, J., & Siviy, J. (2008, March 1). The Value of Harmonizing Multiple Improvement Technologies: A Process Improvement Professional's View. Retrieved September 5, 2026, from https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/the-value-of-harmonizing-multiple-improvement-technologies-a-process-improvement-professionals-view/.

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title={The Value of Harmonizing Multiple Improvement Technologies: A Process Improvement Professional's View},
month={Mar},
year={2008},
institution={Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University},
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Kirwan, Patrick, Lisa Marino, John Morley, and Jeannine Siviy. "The Value of Harmonizing Multiple Improvement Technologies: A Process Improvement Professional's View." Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, March 1, 2008. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/the-value-of-harmonizing-multiple-improvement-technologies-a-process-improvement-professionals-view/.

P. Kirwan, L. Marino, J. Morley, and J. Siviy, "The Value of Harmonizing Multiple Improvement Technologies: A Process Improvement Professional's View," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, 1-Mar-2008 [Online]. Available: https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/the-value-of-harmonizing-multiple-improvement-technologies-a-process-improvement-professionals-view/. [Accessed: 5-Sep-2026].

Kirwan, Patrick, Lisa Marino, John Morley, and Jeannine Siviy. "The Value of Harmonizing Multiple Improvement Technologies: A Process Improvement Professional's View." Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute, 1 Mar. 2008. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/the-value-of-harmonizing-multiple-improvement-technologies-a-process-improvement-professionals-view/. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

Kirwan, Patrick; Marino, Lisa; Morley, John; & Siviy, Jeannine. The Value of Harmonizing Multiple Improvement Technologies: A Process Improvement Professional's View. Software Engineering Institute. 2008. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/the-value-of-harmonizing-multiple-improvement-technologies-a-process-improvement-professionals-view/