People CMM: Interpreting People CMM for Software Organizations

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People CMM: Interpreting People CMM for Software Organizations

“This book integrates Raghav’s excellent grasp of People CMM with his growing experience in helping companies interpret the People CMM and should be used to interpret the intent of the practices and process areas contained therein. This book is a practical book for practical people who want to improve the capability of their organizations using practical methods” Dr Bill Curtis Vice President and Chief Scientist, TeraQuest Metrics, Inc The People Capability Maturity Model (People CMM) is a framework that successfully addresses core issues in workforce management and competency development. When applied together with the CMM Integration (CMMI) or the Capability Maturity Model for Software (SW-CMM), it lays an excellent foundation for managing and developing the organizational work force. This book is especially valuable for organization transitioning from version 1 to version 2 of the People CMM. It compares the process areas and goals between the two versions and provides insight into what changed and why. People CMM is based on the best current practices in the fields of human resources and organization development. It enables organizations to characterize The maturity of their work-force practices; guide a program of continuous work-force development; set priorities for immediate actions; integrate work-force development with process improvement along with; establishing a culture of software engineering excellence Written with a large audience in mind while focussing on the needs of the CEO, project leaders, trainers, and HR professionals, this book is a guide for all those who believe in continuous process improvement as a way of life. The vision for this book is to kindle an internal dialogue and to offer a range of possibilities and organizational contexts one might potentially encounter with the People CMM practices-worst case, at the planned level, and best case. This concept is termed as ‘process harmonic’. This book is a jewel box of implementation ideas having relevance to every individual in an organization… Inside… The book describes the People CMM concepts, interspersed with probing questions, cases and interesting interpretations coupled with implementation ideas. The five maturity levels of People CMM lay successive foundations for continuously improving the quality of talent, developing effective teams, and successfully managing the people assets of the organizations. Each maturity level is a well-defined evolutionary plateau that institutionalizes a level of capability for developing and growing the talent within an organization.