{"id":39286,"date":"2020-11-05T15:06:48","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T07:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zegal.com\/?p=39286"},"modified":"2023-11-07T16:31:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T08:31:49","slug":"a-bubblepoint-view-of-agile-cmmi-and-other-quality-improvements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zegal.com\/en-hk\/blog\/post\/a-bubblepoint-view-of-agile-cmmi-and-other-quality-improvements\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bubblepoint view of Agile, CMMI and other quality improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"_1yEvn\">\n<div class=\"_2wZrM _3BIio\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-hook=\"post-title\">\n<p class=\"_1gHzn _2M4wi blog-post-title-font blog-post-title-color blog-text-color post-title blog-hover-container-element-color _1EQZr blog-post-page-title-font\" data-hook=\"post-title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"_1Fjtc _2lDdg\" style=\"font-size: inherit; text-align: justify;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/bc9c09_f2edce86901642558ab3880410a4bd7f~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_360,h_192,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01\/bc9c09_f2edce86901642558ab3880410a4bd7f~mv2.webp\" width=\"658\" height=\"351\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.methodbuzz.com\/post\/9-reasons-for-agile-failures\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/bc9c09_f2edce86901642558ab3880410a4bd7f~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fit\/w_640%2Ch_341%2Cal_c%2Cq_80\/file.png\" \/>W<span style=\"font-size: inherit; text-align: justify;\">e&#8217;ve seen many companies who have tried improvement after <\/span><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">improvement year after year.\u00a0 Many of these have been applied in parallel e.g. CMMI and ISO9001, CMMI and 6 Sigma, Lean and EFQM and <\/span><a class=\"_2qJYG blog-link-hashtag-color _2xVcV\" style=\"font-size: inherit; background-color: #fefefe;\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GQM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GQM<\/a><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">. Others apply them in a more serial manner: ISO9001, GQM, CMMI, 6 Sigma, Lean, Agile, TDD, Continuous Delivery.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"yF0IC\" data-hook=\"post-description\">\n<article class=\"blog-post-page-font\">\n<div class=\"post-content__body\">\n<div class=\"lV_uZ _1LHlu _1ltva\" data-rce-version=\"7.19.2\">\n<div class=\"kcuBq _1PkHV blog-post-page-font _3f8WX uatYj\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"kaqlz _1FQ9t blog-post-page-font zJfAe\">\n<p id=\"viewer-1tib8\" class=\"XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\">Yet after a time most of these initiatives splutter and fade into obscurity.<\/p>\n<h5 id=\"viewer-2gsci\" class=\"XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\">Often the reasons are obvious:<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-ul\">\n<li id=\"viewer-34b7l\" class=\"ljrnk _1QOLZ _2eQSj public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem\n   public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0\n   public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr public-DraftStyleDefault-reset _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk\">\n<p class=\"_208Ie _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk\">was the flavor of the month<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-2tv0h\" class=\"ljrnk _1QOLZ _2eQSj public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem\n   public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0\n   public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk\">\n<p class=\"_208Ie _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk\">an executive had a bee in his bonnet<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-8077d\" class=\"ljrnk _1QOLZ _2eQSj public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem\n   public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0\n   public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk\">\n<p class=\"_208Ie _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk\">the organization&#8217;s objectives weren&#8217;t aligned<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-1lvcb\" class=\"ljrnk _1QOLZ _2eQSj public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem\n   public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0\n   public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk\">\n<p class=\"_208Ie _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk\">a company&#8217;s business model had changed<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-bc6nk\" class=\"ljrnk _1QOLZ _2eQSj public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem\n   public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0\n   public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk\">\n<p class=\"_208Ie _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk\">staff felt it had become a &#8216;going through the motions&#8217; exercise<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-5lc8j\" class=\"ljrnk _1QOLZ _2eQSj public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem\n   public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0\n   public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk\">\n<p class=\"_208Ie _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk\">and a whole heap more you could add yourself<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"viewer-105hb\" class=\"XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\">But often the methods are implemented with the best intentions.<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\">How can they go wrong?<\/h5>\n<p id=\"viewer-5j008\" class=\"XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\">A multifaceted approach can often work best since most organizations are not homogenous and have different strengths and weaknesses &#8211; just like the improvement models themselves &#8211; they each have areas that they excel in and organizations for which they are not appropriate (e.g. CMMI in a 2 person company).<\/p>\n<p id=\"viewer-bba99\" class=\"XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\">Whilst many have tried (and are still trying), there is not yet a <a class=\"_2qJYG blog-link-hashtag-color _2xVcV\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grand_unified_theory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grand Unified Theory<\/a> of business and process improvement.<\/p>\n<p id=\"viewer-b2sng\" class=\"XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\">But in adopting a multi-model approach an organization needs to be careful to select the most appropriate situation for each model they want to engage.<\/p>\n<div id=\"viewer-52d95\" class=\"XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"viewer-34vic\" class=\"XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"viewer-e76kk\" class=\"q2uC4 _3kAGd\">\n<div class=\"_1wj_L IoEY5 IoEY5 _2fU6C _1jlZ9 _1jlZ9\">\n<div class=\"_1Lhwj image-container _2mwxs\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" data-hook=\"imageViewer\">\n<div class=\"xdJBZ\" role=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"_1Fjtc _2E02D\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/bc9c09_3a4f3d74482f435c80a284bdeefc614a~mv2.png\/v1\/fit\/w_300,h_300,al_c,q_5\/file.png\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.methodbuzz.com\/post\/9-reasons-for-agile-failures\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/bc9c09_3a4f3d74482f435c80a284bdeefc614a~mv2.png\/v1\/fit\/w_640%2Ch_420%2Cal_c%2Cq_80\/file.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"_1Fjtc _2lDdg\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/bc9c09_3a4f3d74482f435c80a284bdeefc614a~mv2.png\/v1\/fill\/w_360,h_236,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01\/bc9c09_3a4f3d74482f435c80a284bdeefc614a~mv2.webp\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.methodbuzz.com\/post\/9-reasons-for-agile-failures\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/bc9c09_3a4f3d74482f435c80a284bdeefc614a~mv2.png\/v1\/fit\/w_640%2Ch_420%2Cal_c%2Cq_80\/file.png\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"viewer-3kqt4\" class=\"XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\">It is difficult to visualize all of the improvements from all of the initiatives and how they are engaging the other initiatives &#8211; instead, each initiative develops a bubble around it &#8211; taking more projects and activities into scope.<\/p>\n<h6 id=\"viewer-52hsj\" class=\"XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\">Similar to physical bubbles each initiative grows or shrinks depending on the pressure from inside supporting it and the pressures from outside restricting it in size.<\/h6>\n<p id=\"viewer-9qttl\" class=\"XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\">Occasionally two bubbles will touch and unless this event is handled explicitly,\u00a0 one or more bubbles may burst.<\/p>\n<p id=\"viewer-ep0mq\" class=\"XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\">A better solution is to ensure each initiative clearly defines what it will do with the processes, areas\/projects\/tasks, cultural behaviors that it has in common (where it &#8220;touches&#8221;) with the other initiatives.<\/p>\n<p id=\"viewer-eagdm\" class=\"XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\">As noted above, many methods appear to extol the same virtues and build up a strawman of other methods to differentiate themselves.\u00a0 The implementation is often lacking in specifics to show differences to those who have come before.<\/p>\n<p id=\"viewer-a19bq\" class=\"XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\">While some SPI approaches provide guidance for selecting them e.g. good for safety-critical domain,\u00a0 bad for teams &gt; 50 people &#8211; generally these tend to blend and an ad-hoc approach is taken (often by default).\u00a0 This means that many companies have a multitude of improvement approaches &#8211; some new, some legacy and other just vague remnants of what happened before.<\/p>\n<p id=\"viewer-2grsv\" class=\"XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\">We&#8217;ve all seen TQM, Quality Circles, Deming and other approaches lurking about the place &#8211; some still used, others still around but no one knows why and what it was supposed to be for.<\/p>\n<p id=\"viewer-bkomu\" class=\"XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\">Typically when an organisation has staff turnover, they lose a lot of corporate memory.\u00a0 Sometimes the turnover includes PI sponsors, champions or similar.\u00a0 The remaining staff then have to pick up the pieces and carry on &#8211; but because of the budget cuts that invariably accompany these turnover re-orgs, carrying on is rendered almost impossible except to use a template here and a form there.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"viewer-83qi8\" class=\"XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\">What is lacking?<\/h4>\n<div id=\"viewer-c7iko\" class=\"XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"viewer-36mkk\" class=\"XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\">A whole of business i.e. portfolio view of improvement initiatives.\u00a0 Ask yourself:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-ul\">\n<li id=\"viewer-9g7sg\" class=\"ljrnk _1QOLZ _2eQSj public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem\n   public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0\n   public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr public-DraftStyleDefault-reset _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk\">\n<p class=\"_208Ie _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk\">have we identified all of our current (and remnant) improvement and change initiatives<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-9imp\" class=\"ljrnk _1QOLZ _2eQSj public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem\n   public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0\n   public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk\">\n<p class=\"_208Ie _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk\">are these initiatives still happening?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-57bgp\" class=\"ljrnk _1QOLZ _2eQSj public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem\n   public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0\n   public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk\">\n<p class=\"_208Ie _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk\">have they been institutionalised\/operationalised?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-a7t97\" class=\"ljrnk _1QOLZ _2eQSj public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem\n   public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0\n   public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk\">\n<p class=\"_208Ie _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk\">how committed are staff to them?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-dsnrc\" class=\"ljrnk _1QOLZ _2eQSj public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem\n   public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0\n   public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk\">\n<p class=\"_208Ie _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk\">how do they align with current company objectives, structure, focus, direction, technologies?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-b65db\" class=\"ljrnk _1QOLZ _2eQSj public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem\n   public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0\n   public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk\">\n<p class=\"_208Ie _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk\">can they be prioritised?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"viewer-1n0d2\" class=\"XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\">It&#8217;s this prioritisation process that enables a purging of unused activities and initiatives.\u00a0 If a method or improvement approach is still about but hasn&#8217;t been used or touched in 6 months, you can be pretty sure it can be dropped.\u00a0 Do a lessons-learnt or retrospective, use what you can and close down the initiative.\u00a0 By doing this the improvement initiatives can remain fresh, relevant and focused on what is needed.<\/p>\n<p id=\"viewer-2msdb\" class=\"XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\">Whilst cost-benefit calculations are notoriously difficult due to competing projects and compound variables e.g. was the defect rate reduction due to the ISO9001 initiative or a peer review process as instigated by CMMI?\u00a0 Or was it a technology improvement?<\/p>\n<h5 id=\"viewer-95bd7\" class=\"XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\">Even still, by looking at the tasks implemented including:<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-ul\">\n<li id=\"viewer-c9t66\" class=\"ljrnk _1QOLZ _2eQSj public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem\n   public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0\n   public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr public-DraftStyleDefault-reset _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk\">\n<p class=\"_208Ie _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk\">what was intended<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-f7fe6\" class=\"ljrnk _1QOLZ _2eQSj public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem\n   public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0\n   public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk\">\n<p class=\"_208Ie _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk\">cause\/effect<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-8h3p5\" class=\"ljrnk _1QOLZ _2eQSj public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem\n   public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0\n   public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk\">\n<p class=\"_208Ie _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk\">what occurred<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"viewer-6lkvm\" class=\"XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\">We can begin to identified potential weightings of attributes from each SPI approach and then use this as a basis of comparing impacts from improvement methods and their eventual impact on company objectives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1yEvn\">\n<div class=\"_3YxRQ\" data-hook=\"post-main-actions-desktop\">\n<div class=\"ygPzE blog-separator-background-color\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_29Euw MQFQm\">\n<div id=\"post-social-actions\" class=\"_1nBO7 blog-text-color\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-38683 size-thumbnail lazy-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/ts5mapnq9e48izo12znjei1n-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Annotation-2020-05-27-184433-160x160.png\" alt=\"person following agile methodology\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ts5mapnq9e48izo12znjei1n-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Annotation-2020-05-27-184433-160x160.png\" \/>James Kelly is CEO of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.methodbuzz.com\/\">Method Buzz<\/a>, a boutique consultancy providing strategic ICT advice, software &amp; system engineering method transformations in defence, aerospace, telecommunications, and software start-ups. After graduating with a Bachelor of Informatics and an MPhil from Griffith University, he helps clients in the practical application of high maturity methods in quality and organisational improvement. Partnering with client teams, Method Buzz brings about significant productivity and quality improvements in organisations within engineering and technology. James has had a lifelong fascination with Wicked Problems and how to manage them.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><i>This article does not constitute legal advice.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>The opinions expressed in the column above represent the author\u2019s own.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/register.zegal.com\/\"><b>Start managing your legal needs with Zegal today<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/zegal.com\/zegal-partners\/\">BECOME A ZEGAL REFERRAL PARTNER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zegal.com\/blog\/post\/social-media-marketing-tweaks-that-could-change-your-business\/\">READ MORE:Social Media Marketing Tweaks That Could Change Your Business<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zegal.com\/blog\/post\/agile-methodology-failures\/\">FURTHER READING: 9 Agile Methodology Failures<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ygPzE blog-separator-background-color\">\n<p><b>Article syndicated with permission from https:\/\/www.methodbuzz.com\/post\/a-bubblepoint-view-of-agile-cmmi-and-other-quality-improvements<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">MethodBuzz helps you and your organization to identify, understand, prioritize and solve your critical business problems. With so many methods, processes, techniques being introduced continually, it can seem daunting to stay on top of things and determine which are useful to your organization, people, processes and problems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"wixGuard\">\u200bThey<\/span>\u00a0use the OODA (Observe, Orient, Determine, Act) loop to accelerate\u00a0your decision making and operations business processes.\u00a0 By taking a\u00a0business problem-oriented approach to analyse and plan improvements\u00a0you can stay focused on the things that matter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve seen many companies who have tried improvement after improvement year after year.\u00a0 Many of these have been applied in parallel e.g. CMMI and ISO9001, CMMI and 6 Sigma, Lean and EFQM and GQM. Others apply them in a more serial manner: ISO9001, GQM, CMMI, 6 Sigma, Lean, Agile, TDD, Continuous Delivery. 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