Artifact:  Development-Organization Assessment

Development- Organization Assessment	The Development Organization Assessment describes the current status of the software organization in terms of current process, tools, peoples' competencies, peoples' attitude, customers, competitors, technical trends, problems, and improvement areas.
Role:	Process Engineer
Template:	Word Template HTML Template
More information:	Guidelines:Development-Organization Assessment Guidelines: Process Discriminants
Purpose Brief Outline Timing Responsibility Tailoring Annotated Outline (hyperlinks into HTML template in a new window)

Input to Activities: Select and Acquire Tools Develop Tool Guidelines Develop Development Case Assess Iteration Assess Current Organization

Output from Activities: Assess Current Organization

Purpose

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:

• Explain to the sponsors why there is a need to change process, tools, and people.
• Create motivation and a common understanding among the people in the organization who are directly, or indirectly, affected.

Brief Outline

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1.       Introduction         

    1.1     Purpose     

    1.2     Scope     

    1.3     Definitions, Acronyms and Abbreviations     

    1.4     References     

    1.5     Overview     

2.       Business Context

3.       External Factors

    3.1     Customers     

    3.2     Competitors     

    3.3     Other Stakeholders     

4.       Internal Factors

    4.1     Development Process     

    4.2     Supporting Tools     

    4.3     Internal Organization     

    4.4     Competencies, Skills and Attitudes     

    4.5     Capacity for Change     

5.       Product Characteristics

    5.1     Size of Software-Development Effort     

    5.2     Degree of Novelty     

    5.3     Type of Application     

    5.4     Technical Complexity     

6.       Assessment Conclusion    

Timing

The Development-Organization Assessment is created at the outset of a project. At times, it's created even before a project has started. We recommend you revisit and review the Development-Organization Assessment after each iteration. The current state is likely to have changed, so you need to adjust the Development-Organization Assessment to reflect this. You may also have discovered new problems as well as new opportunities.

Responsibility

A Process Engineer is responsible for the Development-Organization Assessment.

Tailoring

Adjust the outline of the Development-Organization Assessment to suit the characteristics of the project and the organization.

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