CMMI Survival Guide: Just Enough Process Improvement

Chapter 14Looking Ahead

In the preceding chapters, we have made our way through philosophy, practicality, applicability, and survivability, not to mention creativity, to arrive here at possibility. What is possible for you and your organization in your environment? What does the future hold for the practice of process improvement? What’s the possibility that you can sell this book used? (Just kidding.)

In this chapter, we try to answer the above questions and help you chart your own path toward better, more effective, and more efficient processes.

14.1 What’s Next for you?

Now that you have learned about our approach to surviving CMMI and process improvement, it’s time to look at your own future. You understand the rationale and difficulties ...