StepTalks2011 - CMMI and tools for efficiency

2. www.strongstep.pt/steptalks2011

3. CMMI and tools for efficiency
Cristina Henriques – I2S

4. GETTING TO KNOW I2S
I2S CREATING SOLUTIONS 25 YEARS

5. What we want to be
A software company worldwide
reference for the insurance industry
in partnership with other financial software companies
Financial sw national CLUSTER
INTERNATIONALISATION

6. “We can not expect that
our current tools,
technologies, and
processes will be
adequate in the
future.”
Watts Humphrey
WHY CMMI APPEARS IN I2S

7. Why CMMI appears in I2S
Demanding
market and Time to market Complex projects
clients
Portfolio with
Technological Growing human
more GIS
complexity resources
products

8. Why CMMI appears in I2S
We want to be a software company worldwide
reference for the insurance industry
Improving productivity
Company growing-up and efficiency
Improving efficiency in
Improving GIS products engineering and project
quality management and support
processes
Client focus, exceeding expectations

9. Why CMMI appears in I2S
I2S CMMI
Implementing a global plan of
continuous improvement in product and Continuous improvement guide, which
service business processes. allows transforming immature activities
ISO 9001 is a general standard applying to into mature ones, providing assessment
any company type and business sector. of capacity.
We need more…
Adapt best international
practices to
“What we do” Software industry
and
world recognition
“What we want to be”.

10. What is CMMI project in I2S
Strongstep
I2S
CMMI

11. What is CMMI project in I2S
Phase II: CMMI level 3 –
engineering areas
Phase I: CMMI level 2

12. How the Tools project appears
PROCESSES:
• During process
evolution discussion
TOOLS: PERSONS:
• More efficent, • Identify which
providing scalability processes need
more efficient tools

13. How the Tools project appears
CHALLENGES
Management of the • poor integration between
development and management
development life cycle tools
Integrated management of • weak potential and low ergonomics
projects, resources and work of current tools
• management and execution of
Insufficient functionalities requirements and tests
• JAVA and RPG for IBM i - 90%
Development in I2S • Microsoft .NET

14. How the Tools project is
Phase II: CMMI level 3 –
engineering areas
Phase I: CMMI level 2

15. Studies

16. IBM Rational – Tool adopted
Full suite Several different products
Covers the whole life cycle
Good references in benchmarks
Most I2S development uses this technology
Covers most CMMI requirements

17. Conclusions: CMMI and efficient tools
Combined implementation enables significant efficiency improvements.
Strategic alignment with organization purposes, business goals (current and future).
Phased implementation of a process improvement program.
“Think globally, act locally”
“Tools can act as an integrated “Collaborative development
“Software quality was
solution, which would guide based on IBM Rational
improved throught a 20
SMEs to address and tackle software helps Global Value
percent reduction in defects,
their problems and solve them Solutions reduce configuration
increasing customer
in a faster and more cost management efforts by 70
satisfaction”
effective way.” percent and increase
productivity by 15 percent…” Case study, Dilson Chaves, AS Leader, Global Value
Solutions, 2009
PROFES 2009, LNBIP 32, pp. 290-302 (2009)
Case study, Dilson Chaves, AS Leader, Global Value
Solutions, 2009

18. Thank you.

20. STRONGSTEP - INNOVATION IN SOFTWARE QUALITY
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