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Articles

Sixteen Tactical Practices to Improve Projects
... tactics that project managers can apply locally to improve their team's chance of delivering required products, within budget, on time.

RAG States
Using Red, Amber, Green status to manage corrective action.

The Roman Marching Camp
Using the Roman miltary's Marching Camp as a model of how to implement an improvement culture in an existing organisation.

Services

Assessing Capability

Appraisal
Assessments of capability to aid internal process improvement.

Audit
Audits for organisations (internal teams, projects and external suppliers) based around the SEI Capability Maturity Models (CMM^®), the SPICE Model and the ISO 9001/2000 standards.

Evaluation
Supplier capabillity evaluations and software process evaluations. Usefull for selecting internal or external suppliers and ensuring appropriate capabilities are maintained once selected.

Improving Processes

Process Consultancy
To develop, improve and support processes against industry standards and best practice.

Starting an Improvement Programme
Services to plan and run the irst improvement cycle(s) of an improvement programme.

Maintaining an Improvement Programme
Services to keep an improvement programme working once it has completed the first cycle.

Training

Senior Managers Briefing in the CMMI^®  
Sponsorship is an essential factor for improving performance – understand the manager’s crucial role & the actions needed to generate & sustain commitment 

The Principles of Lean Management  
Understand how focussing on customer value, the removal of waste and continuous product flow will revolutionise your performance