program selection system

Systematic is an agile CMMI level 5 company, where the default way of working is based on Scrum and story based early testing. Several years of Experiences in combining CMMI with Scrum, has shown that the mix of Scrum and CMMI provides strong synergies and results, which were reported during Agile 2007. This session presents specifically how agile methods like Scrum and story based early testing development can be sucessfully augmented with inspiration from CMMI. CMMI provides solid support for what disciplines to consider. When these disciplines are applied with an agile mindset they become solid specific guidance, that help you focus on important aspects of agile methods that perhaps are not normally elaborated, for example how to ensure a proper quality of a Product Backlog or how to ensure a proper “production line” for the project. This guidance may not be needed for small agile projects, but as the agile movement continues to grow, and is used for larger and more complex projects, we increasingly need to address issues related to increased size and complexity. The experiences from combining CMMI and Scrum has led Systematic to identify a number of activities to this end - and the good part is that these activities truly can be implemented in the spirit of the agile manifesto and principles - in other words suggesting how agile methods can be augmented and matured to ensure that even larger and more complex projects in the future can and will benefit from agile - perhaps with a twist of CMMI :-)