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CMMI(R): Guidelines for Process Integration and Product Improvement Review by Edvin
I don't recommend this book
If you are a practitioner of CMMI, then this book can "possibly" serve as a desk reference;
otherwise, don't even think about using this book as a complementing reference.
All ideas are abstract at best.
Authors listen up: instead of 600+ pages of reference, make it a 1200 page book that has examples.
Can you imagine learning physics, math, or any other science/engineering activity without seeing an example.
Yes, CMMI doesn't tell you how to do "things"; however, as authors you should provide examples that will clarify the concept. Call it CMMI for dummies, with reall examples. Let me know if you come up with a better book; I'll happily review it to give positive feedback.
Readers, if you think I'm exaggerating; consider this example under "SP 1.2 Establish Process-Performance Measures" ...
"Examples of criteria used to select measures include the following:
* Visibility that the measures provide into the process performance
* Availability of the measures
* Extent to the which measures are objective..."
Seriously, does this information give you any insight about how you should proceed with restructuring your
organizational processes?
These examples remind me of undergraduate student work that try to
fill the whitespace with useless text to make the page longer.
My background: BS. in computer Science, MS. in Systems engineering, MS. in Business Administration, employed as a senior software engineer & transitioning into management. I'm currently working towards MS in software engineering; this was one of the required text books.