http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/spi/ Software Process Improvement Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:45:42 GMT Buglione Luigi http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/spi/message/3862 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/spi/message/3862 Hi All, if somebody could be interested, an update for a white paper entitled "Some Thoughts on Productivity in ICT Projects" is available at: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:03:32 GMT Louise Halsall http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/spi/message/3861 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/spi/message/3861 Hey, I am a Master's student and am conducting a survey on collaborative tools used in a distributed software development environment.   I need some help and Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:40:44 GMT Ebert, Christof http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/spi/message/3860 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/spi/message/3860 ********************************************************************* * Call for Articles * * IEEE Software Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:26:55 GMT Prem Anand http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/spi/message/3859 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/spi/message/3859 QA Manager or QA Managing Lead can be the best designations...as mentioned by shrikant..if you involve in other quality standards for eg, e-SCM or Tick IT, Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:04:59 GMT Shrikant Chondhikar http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/spi/message/3858 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/spi/message/3858 How about "Process Manager" or "Manager - Process" - CMMI (but tomorrow if there is some other model to be considered for implementation in the organization, Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:54:36 GMT Mathi Ezhil Arasu http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/spi/message/3857 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/spi/message/3857 Hi Ant, Process Improvements lead to better Quality Hence QA Lead or Quality Lead can be considered Alternately, if CMMI L3 is the core KRA - it can also be Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:47:38 GMT Paul Laberge http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/spi/message/3856 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/spi/message/3856 Hi Ant, I like : Continuous Improvement Lead Makes it more generic and adds the impression of a larger scope. Paul http://spistuff.blogspot.com/ Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:31:27 GMT Ant Grinyer http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/spi/message/3855 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/spi/message/3855 Hi all, I'm being asked to lead SPI to get to CMMI level 3 over a number of years. We're struggling to think of a valid job title, I'm thinking 'Process Mon, 05 May 2008 12:42:33 GMT donald.buresh http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/spi/message/3854 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/spi/message/3854 Please distribute this email. Data on both agile and plan-driven projects are welcome. To Whom It May Concern, My name is Donald Buresh, and I am a Ph.D. Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:04:55 GMT jmsiviy http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/spi/message/3853 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/spi/message/3853 Hi, Just wanted to let folks know about this upcoming workshop: Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute and Lockheed-Martin to Present Process Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:59:11 GMT ansar.muhammad http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/spi/message/3852 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/spi/message/3852 Thank you, yes this definitely helps My life is a bit easier because most of our code is VB 6.0 and within our development team we can agree on one definition Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:43:20 GMT Jim McCurley http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/spi/message/3851 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/spi/message/3851 Ansar, I think Arindam's answer is very useful, but I would caution you on two points: 1) industry aggregate numbers are often misleading; and 2) when Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:00:03 GMT ansar.muhammad http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/spi/message/3850 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/spi/message/3850 Many thanks for your responses! I though the FP was as old method and not that much in use today but I am realizing that it is still quite popular Need to Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:29:12 GMT Paul Laberge http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/spi/message/3849 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/spi/message/3849 Ansar, I would recommend Function Points per month as a 'manageable' productivity measure to add precision to your comments. This value has a pretty large Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:39:36 GMT arindam banerjee http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/spi/message/3848 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/spi/message/3848 Ansar, Productivity should be calculated as the amount of effort that a developer or a tester puts in his work. I would recommend productivity = Size/Actual