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Summary:
Avoid the pitfalls of poorly
implemented process improvement and achieve effective
results through the use of an Engineering Process
Group (EPG) (or SEPG** for Software organizations).
An EPG is an internal group of
engineers and managers established to help the organization
improve.
This audio file contains a discussion of the
most important roles EPGs play and how they accomplish
meaningful process improvement within an
organization.
** This audio was originally created for software engineers. The techniques apply to any EPG. |
Topics
covered:
- The EPG as a service organization.
- Is authority needed to be an
EPG?
- The roles EPG people play:
- Solving organization-wide and project-level
problems.
- Establishing working
groups.
- Working with projects to adopt new
practices.
- Selecting project
teams.
- Treating process frameworks (e.g.,
CMMI, ISO9001) as toolboxes.
- The EPG as a coach.
- The appropriate size of an
EPG.
- Creating a process database -
overview.
- Measuring an EPG.
- Activities EPGs should avoid -
lessons learned.
- Process documentation.
- Life cycle characteristics at Maturity
Level 2.
- Process definition
example.
- Process tailoring.
- Using old processes.
- Successful EPG activities.
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