CMMI (registered trademark) or Agile: Why Not Embrace Both!

Abstract

Agile development methods and CMMI (Capability Maturity Model (registered trademark) Integration) best practices are often perceived to be at odds with each other. This report clarifies why the discord need not exist and proposes that CMMI and Agile champions work toward deriving benefit from using both and exploit synergies that have the potential to dramatically improve business performance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA490064

Entities

People

  • D. B. Anderson
  • David J. Anderson
  • Hillel Glazer
  • Jeff Dalton
  • Michael D. Konrad
  • Sandy Shrum

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agile Software Development
  • Best Practices
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Extreme Programming
  • Management Personnel
  • Product Development
  • Project Management
  • Software Development
  • Software Metrics
  • Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Systems Analysis and Design