The Value of Harmonizing Multiple Improvement Technologies: A Process Improvement Professional's View

Abstract

This white paper is the first in a five-part series dedicated to examining problems organizations encounter when operating in multimodel environments and the current process improvement approaches such organizations need to consider. Public reporting burden for the collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to Washington Headquarters Services, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington VA 22202-4302. Respondents should be aware that notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be subject to a penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if it does not display a currently valid OMB control number.

Trends in Harmonization of Multiple Reference Models

“…Other works use terms such as synergy or compatibility to identify the level of relationship between models. However, most related comparison techniques do not use a comparison scale that [3,33,34], [6], [13,39], [35], [31], [32] 10 31…”

“…25% (8) of the works proposed provide solutions (methodology, process, framework, activities, tasks, steps, amongst other elements) for supporting the harmonization of multiple models, these being the following: the VM XT project, which is applied as the standard in harmonizing the different approaches and projects of Information technology (IT) under a specific model [31], an ontology for the integration of quality standards in ISO 9001:2000 and CMMI is taken for collaborative projects [32]. The PRIME project presents the value of harmonization process improvement in organizations when different models are in use [3,33,34] and Infosys Project defines a path for the transition from ISO 9001 to SW-CMM level 4, based on the experience of an organization [35]. Enterprise SPICE is an initiative to establish an Enterprise Integrated Standards-Based model for use with international standard ISO/IEC 15504 (SPICE) [6].…”

Identifying criteria for multimodel software process improvement solutions – based on a review of current problems and initiatives

“…It focuses on the maximization of the return on investment of process improvement activities in multimodel environments . SEI's preliminary results are published in six whitepapers . Among other outcomes, it supports the idea of taxonomies; it defines a strategic classification taxonomy for quality approaches.…”

An industrial assessment for a multimodel framework

“…There are several security attributes contributing to a holistic security model. However, we have considered as main attributes the following: confidentiality, integrity, and availability based on ISO . In fact, ITMark adapts these ISO requirements to SMEs, and it categorizes all these attributes in three levels:The first level includes control attributes relevant to any organization.…”