From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,3f8570b76ae08638 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,3f8570b76ae08638 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Alan E & Carmel J Brain Subject: Re: With the Real Engineers please stand up. Date: 1998/01/10 Message-ID: <34B717E8.45A8@dynamite.com.au>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 314872014 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <34b73885.5453328@news.thegrid.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: aebrain@dynamite.com.au Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: @home Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-01-10T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: 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 -- aebrain@dynamite.com.au <> <> How doth the little Crocodile | Alan & Carmel Brain| xxxxx Improve his shining tail? | Canberra Australia | xxxxxHxHxxxxxx _MMMMMMMMM_MMMMMMMMM abrain@cs.adfa.oz.au o OO*O^^^^O*OO o oo oo oo oo By pulling MAERKLIN Wagons, in 1/220 Scale