CMMI or Agile: Why Not Embrace Both!

November 2008 • Technical Note

Hillel Glazer - Entinex Inc., Jeff Dalton (Broadsword Solutions Corporation), David Anderson (David J. Anderson & Associates Inc.), Michael D. Konrad, Sandra Shrum

This report describes how CMMI and Agile methods can be used together successfully.

Publisher:

Software Engineering Institute

CMU/SEI Report Number

CMU/SEI-2008-TN-003

DOI (Digital Object Identifier):

10.1184/R1/6572513.v1

Subjects

Please note that current and future CMMI research, training, and information has been transitioned to the CMMI Institute, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Carnegie Mellon University.

Abstract

Agile development methods and CMMI (Capability Maturity Model 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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SEI

Glazer, Hillel; Dalton, Jeff; Anderson, David; Konrad, Michael; & Shrum, Sandra. CMMI or Agile: Why Not Embrace Both!. CMU/SEI-2008-TN-003. Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. 2008. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=8533

IEEE

Glazer. Hillel, Dalton. Jeff, Anderson. David, Konrad. Michael, and Shrum. Sandra, "CMMI or Agile: Why Not Embrace Both!," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Technical Note CMU/SEI-2008-TN-003, 2008. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=8533

APA

Glazer, Hillel., Dalton, Jeff., Anderson, David., Konrad, Michael., & Shrum, Sandra. (2008). CMMI or Agile: Why Not Embrace Both! (CMU/SEI-2008-TN-003). Retrieved April 01, 2023, from the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University website: http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=8533

CHI

Hillel Glazer, Jeff Dalton, David Anderson, Michael Konrad, & Sandra Shrum. CMMI or Agile: Why Not Embrace Both! (CMU/SEI-2008-TN-003). Pittsburgh, PA: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2008. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=8533

MLA

Glazer, Hillel., Dalton, Jeff., Anderson, David., Konrad, Michael., & Shrum, Sandra. 2008. CMMI or Agile: Why Not Embrace Both! (Technical Report CMU/SEI-2008-TN-003). Pittsburgh: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=8533

BibTex

@techreport{GlazerCMMIor2008,
title={CMMI or Agile: Why Not Embrace Both!},
author={Hillel Glazer and Jeff Dalton and David Anderson and Michael Konrad and Sandra Shrum},
year={2008},
number={CMU/SEI-2008-TN-003},
institution={Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University},
address={Pittsburgh, PA},
url={http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=8533} }

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