Over the past few years many organizations have progressed to implement high maturity (HM) practices of the CMMI®. Many have been appraised and rated (please note: Not certified :-)) at ML4 and ML5. The model and the appraisal method has also evolved over these years and with high maturity practices changing significantly.
I have seen many organizations going through the high maturity journey. For some it is like going to the dentist to have their teeth pulled. They want to be implementing high maturity practices, while not necessarily having to go through the painful process of learning, trying, failing and improving. In such organizations, as soon as the attention is divreted, the HM practices start to crumble, or worse go into a mechanical implementation mode. And then they complain that they do not get any benefits from HM practices.
On the other hand, I have been fortunate to see many organizations get significant benefits through HM practices and sustain these, even when other initiatives grab the attention of the management.
So, I started documenting the characteristics that separated the two types of organizations (according to me). I ended up with a list of fourteen characteristics, which I think can be classified as organizational beliefs.
The result was a presentation, a truncated version of which is available here.
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If you want a copy of the full presentation, please send an email to naik.rajeshnaik@gmail.com
Other presentations covering CMMI®., People CMMI, Balanced Scorecard, Strategy Maps and Competency Frameworks on AlignMentor are available here.
Please feel feel to share your views, experiences or queries, using the “comments” feature available.
Also, let me know what kind of other slide sets you would like to see in this blog.
Notes:
Nothing Official About It! – The views presented above are in no manner reflective of the official views of any organization, community, group, or association. They may not even be the official views of the author 😉
You may also be interested in the following posts uploaded on the same blog:
- Institutionalization in CMMI® and People CMM®: Converting a practice to a habit
- CMMI® – Constellations, Representations and some food for thought
- Multi-Model CMMI® Appraisals – Factors to Consider
- Extreme Process Tailoring and Mapping – How much is reasonable? (Story of a Pizzeria)
- Personal Maturity versus Organizational Maturity in CMMI® – a Presentation
- CMMI® -SVC Explored – Process Area Overview — a Presentation
Please feel feel to share your views, experiences or queries, using the “comments” feature available.
Hi Rajesh,
As usual, simple & profound thoughts. Occasionally these points flashes in mind & crawls out silently….. Thanks for the consolidation & sharing.
Hmmm… Apart from this 14, any interesting /specific characteristics on customer & people (not skills) in HM organization?
Thanks !
Dinesh Kalirajan
Hi Dinesh,
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best regards
Rajesh
Interesting read. Made a lot of sense.
Thank you, Rebecca
Hi Rajesh,
As always, nice blog…These 14 beliefs in itself not only summarises CMMI HM but also articulates in a beautiful manner most of the questions which comes from practioners. I might also be taking few of the examples from the presentation in my upcoming HM trainings. Glad to be leveraged from the knowledge got from you
Thanks
Abhishek
Thanks Abhishek,
Glad to know that the presentation will be useful to you.
Rajesh