| Work Product (Artifact): Development Organization Assessment |
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| This artifact describes the current status of the software organization in terms of current process, tools, peoples' competencies, peoples' attitudes, customers, competitors, technical trends, problems, and improvement areas. |
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Purpose
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The Development Organization Assessment is used by the Process Engineer as a basis for configuring the process for a
particular project.
The Development-Organization Assessment is also used to:
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Explain to the sponsors why there is a need to change process, tools, and people.
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Create motivation and a common understanding among the people in the organization who are directly, or indirectly,
affected.
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Relationships
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Properties
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Tailoring
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Completeness, format and formalism of work product Development Organization Assessment will vary depending on factors
like size and type of development, business context, degree of novelty, to mention a few. For example, a large
development organization developing systems for Air Traffic Control will likely do a very thorough assessment of the
development organization to ensure that they meet certain requirements imposed on the organization by a range of
external stakeholders. Tailor the Development Organization Assessment to reflect the organization and development
effort.
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