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PPQC Blog

http://ppqc.blogspot.com/

The purpose of this blog is to discuss topics associate with the CMMI, process improvement, appraisals, etc. It also is a forum for asking questions of a Lead Appraiser

• Added on: Mar 28th, 2008
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Henry Schneider
• Listed in: Business Computers
• Tags: cmmi process improvement scampi sepg process and product quality consulting ppqc

Recent Posts

• Integrated Project Management (IPM) - SP 2.2

  Posted on Thursday October 22nd, 2009 at 07:02 in ipm, direct evidence, indirect evidence, integrated project management, critical dependencies

  Could you please provide some examples of evidence for IPM Specific Practice 2.2 and some examples of a critical dependency?Integrated Project Management (IPM) Specific Practice 2.2 states “Participate with relevant stakeholders to identify, negoti...

• Bi-directional Traceability Question

  Posted on Monday October 19th, 2009 at 06:58 in requirements traceability, vertical traceability, horizontal traceability, bi-directional traceability

  Would you please explain to me the meaning of bi-directional traceability? If I am not wrong, Horizontal Traceability indicates mapping of a requirement across all the SDLC phases like Requirement->Design->Construction->Testing. But I do not get wha...

• REQM - SP1.1 Query

  Posted on Saturday October 17th, 2009 at 18:39 in requirements management, evaluation criteria, reqm, expected material, required material

  In REQM – SP1.1 calls for “Criteria for evaluation and acceptance.” Can you tell me what this expected “criteria” would be?I suggest looking at Requirements Management (REQM) Process Area in your copy of the CMMI. On page 490 in REQM Sub-...

• Selection of Suitable Lifecycle Processes

  Posted on Friday October 16th, 2009 at 20:40 in TS, PP, ipm, project planning, technical solution, software development lifecycle, integrated project management

  Selection of a suitable lifecycle for the project/product is more of a technical issue. Then why is it covered in Integrated Project Management (IPM) rather than Technical Solution (TS)?Selecting a suitable lifecycle is a function of the project requ...

• Process Performance Model and QPM Inquiry

  Posted on Friday October 16th, 2009 at 20:32 in high maturity, ppms, process performance models, ml 4, maturity level 4, maturity level 5, ml 5

  We are a CMMI Maturity Level 5 organization and now we are preparing for our re-appraisal.We have Process Performance Models (PPMs) with different X- prameters and good R^2, R (adjusted) & P(value).We perform simulations to calculate the probabil...

• Applicability of SAM

  Posted on Thursday August 13th, 2009 at 09:14 in sam, supplier, acquirer, supplier agreement management

  Does Supplier Agreement Management (SAM) apply to the supplier? Suppose you're an organization that is supplying to another organization , for example to develop a software package. This organization is not using suppliers. I assume that SAM is not ...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

Tapas Sen

http://ppqc.blogspot.com/ is fantastic and must read for all qa personnel. I have studied all(yes all!) blogs posted there and it is very much helpful for getting clarifications and motivation for worst situation handling.

Hats off to Mr. Henry Schneider. Thank you so much for hosting such beautiful blog.

Posted: April 8th, 2009 | Report This Comment

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