As I mentioned in my earlier posting, both the CMMI and Six Sigma grew out of “essentially” separate industries.  The CMMI is most heavily rooted in the United States Air Force, embedded, real-time software engineering industry (the original Software CMM) industry.  Six Sigma, on the other hand, is mostly heavily rooted in the manufacturing quality, statistical process control arena.  It is important to note that both Six...

As I implied in my previous blog posting, this series might ramble a bit. For those of you who are hoping for a stream of articles involving mathematical techniques emphasizing those wonderful Six Sigma tools, this first posting is likely to be disappointing, as will many that follow. I guess I should note, it is my opinion that both CMMI and SixSigma efforts primarily involve human change, and human change is more about people and...

I intend to explore this theme in a series of several posts. I am not quite certain how many posts or how long I will write on the topic.  I think the subject might be one of those without an end. So in the spirit of improved relevancy I encourage you, if you have specific queries or concerns you would like me to address as I discuss this topic, to please leave a comment, drop an email or otherwise contact me with your question(s). ...

AAI Corporation Earns CMMI Level 3 Assessment Signifies Engineering and Project Management Excellence Hunt Valley, Md. – January 20, 2010 — AAI Corporation, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that the company has been appraised to Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI®) Level 3. Covering systems engineering and project management functions within AAI’s Hunt Valley, Md.,...

We are seeking organizations, individuals or groups interested in providing online training in the areas of  Six Sigma and CMMI (DEV and SVC most particularly). We have built a small ‘initial’ prototype and are willing to share the work to date with potential partners. Should you or your organization be interested in collaborating with PEP in this endeavor, please use our contact page to let us know. …mark (Rabideau)