Practical Insight Into CMMI®

Practical Insight into CMMI® is an essential reference for engineering IT and management professionals striving to grasp the "look and feel" of a successful business oriented process improvement implementation" Taking readers beyond the Capability Maturity Model® to the integrated world of systems and software, this comprehensive resource presents CMMI in a manner that is easy to comprehend by high-level managers and practitioners alike.

2004 Tim Kasse, Practical Insight Into CMMI®, Artech House, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2004

Action Focused Assessment

Tim Kasse, Action Focused Assessment for Software Process Improvement, Artech House, Cambridge Massachusetts, 2002. Designed for those involved with the development of software or systems, this book is designed to help manage process improvement initiatives within a company, by explaining the history, method and psychology behind Action Focused Assessment (AFA). The book shows how to align an organization's business objectives with process improvement initiatives; use the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) to help the organization achieve its goals; and conduct internal assessments with expert guidance and tool support, without the direct involvement of a process improvement consulting firm. The book provides a detailed description of the pre-onsite activities that must be accomplished before an actual assessment takes place. The AFA V-Model, which describes the interviews and feedback sessions that lead to an action plan, provides a mechanism for involving and engaging all levels of management and practitioners. This resource includes actual questions used in interviews with managers, leaders and practitioners, and offers psychological insight into the value of feedback sessions. Moreover, the book provides a distinct link between process assessment and process improvement.

Chinese Translation

Tim Kasse, Action Focused Assessment for Software Process Improvement, Electronics Industry , Beijing, China, 2002.

Contributing Author:

Mark C. Paulk, Charles V. Weber, Bill Curtis, Mary Beth Chrissis, The Capability Maturity Model (CMM) - Guidelines for Improving the Software Process, Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1995. Tim Kasse is listed as a contributor.

Taz Daughtrey, Fundamental Concepts for the Software Quality Engineer, ASQ Quality Press, 2002. Tim Kasse and Dr. Pat McQuaid contributed the chapter on Software Configuration Management for Project Leaders.

Schulmeyer, G. Gordon, Handbook of Software Quality Assurance (4th Ed) – Artech House, 2007. Tim Kasse wrote the Chapter “CMMI PPQA Relationship to SQA”