From: Alan E & Carmel J Brain <aebrain@dynamite.com.au>
Subject: Re: With the Real Engineers please stand up.
Date: 1998/01/10
Date: 1998-01-10T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <34B717E8.45A8@dynamite.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 34b73885.5453328@news.thegrid.net
Trevor Longbow wrote:
> I remember some study that identified this: that engineering outfits
> typically operate at one of a set number of--I think it was 5 or
> 6--levels of optimum culture. I don't remember the terminology. As I
> recall, in the most suboptimal cultural state, everything is done
> ad-hoc. The culture practices anarchy on a daily basis (kinda like
> this new outfit). At optimum culture, an outfit has identity, clarity,
> organization, and method--plus some other set of positive engineering
> attributes.
>
> Does anyone know what it is I'm talking about--the study, the term,
> the book?
Capability Maturity Model. Set your search criteria to SEI CMM.
(Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie-Mellon). I think there's a
link from http://www.adahome.com
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1998-01-06 0:00 ` With the Real Engineers please stand up Andrew Hunt
1998-01-06 0:00 ` Nick Xidis
1998-01-08 0:00 ` Jerry van Dijk
1998-01-10 0:00 ` Alan E & Carmel J Brain [this message]
1998-01-10 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-01-13 0:00 ` Mark Bennison
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