Realizing CMMI Spirit in Agile Form

Realizing the Spirit of CMMI in Agile Form 以敏捷之形实现 CMMI 之神 December 2008

Agenda

About the Presenter and Perficient

Purpose and Expected Outcomes

Agile and CMMI

The BoldDelivery Agile Methodology

An Overview of Scrum

Agile Ceremonies and Artifacts

CMMI Model -- The “Spirit”

Applying Agile Artifacts and Ceremonies -- The “Form”

Q&A

About Me and Perficient

Vernon Stinebaker ( 史文林）

http://www. linkedin . com/in/vernonstinebaker

Director of Technology/Principal Architect/SEPG Lead

20+ years experience in CMMI, SDLC/waterfall, and agile methodologies

Certified ScrumMaster

Founder of the open source FDDTools project

Perficient (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd. ( 博克软件（杭州）有限公司）

http://www. perficient .com

E stablished in 2004 as BoldTech Systems (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd.

WOFE of Perficient Inc. (NASAQ: PRFT)

Agile BoldDelivery Methodology

2005 - CMMI 3

2006 - CMMI 4

2008- CMMI 5

Purpose and Outcomes

Purpose

To understand CMMI as a reference model The “spirit” of successful product or service delivery

To understand Agile as an approach to deliver a product or service: the “form”

To understand how to apply Agile form to the CMMI spirit

Outcomes

To be able to identify the key ceremonies and artifacts of the BoldDelivery and Scrum methodologies

To recognize how Agile ceremonies and artifacts can be used to satisfy CMMI generic goals/practices and specific goals/practices

To provide a foundation for further (self-driven) mapping

CMMI and Agile - Addressing Misconceptions

CMMI

Heavyweight Process

Plan Driven (not flexible)

Focus on Process and Specification

Agile

Unstructured and unmeasured

No defined organizational standard

Success relies on people (high risk)

Less control (Less measurement)

Suitable ONLY for SMALL projects

CMMI

Heavyweight process not “required”

Flexible, iterative processes can be applied

Focus on delivery through formal, measured process

Agile

Ceremonies/Artifacts provide Structure/Measure

BoldDelivery/Scrum are well defined

Success relies on people and process

Measured and focused

Proven to work across a range of project sizes

CMMI is a model, not a process standard As a model CMMI defines the “Spirit” for effectively delivering products or services How we actually perform the process -- the “Form” -- is up to us, and Agile is very good approach.

BoldDelivery Methodology

An Overview of Scrum Image available at www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/scrum

Agile Ceremonies and Artifacts

Release Planning

Iteration/Sprint Planning

Daily Stand-up

Weekly PMO Meeting

Iteration/Sprint Demo

Iteration/Sprint Retrospective

Project Retrospective

Ceremonies

Backlog/TDR

Release Plan

Iteration/Sprint Backlog

Burn down charts

RID Log (system linked)

Org Assets

Artifacts

CMMI Process Areas Discussed

Generic Goal/Practices

Specific Goals/Practices - Level 5

CAR and OID

OPP and QPM

Specific Goal/Practices - Level 3

VER

PP

Conclusions

Agile and CMMI are compatible

CMMI provides the “spirit”, the concept

Agile provides the “form”, the implementation

Although we focused on only a few ceremonies and artifacts, we are able to cover a great deal of ground. The “form” can be lightweight!

There are still some gaps when trying to apply Agile methodologies “out of the box”. Additional ceremonies or artifacts may be required, but that’s OK.

Thank you for attending! Q&A

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