wot gsponso oo: Koi Januai 2002 www.st-spi.nl Ractionl D onk, kot wintagn. Mt ht uitbngn van z koi is ht jaa 2001 al w voobij. En zoals altij hbbn w kunnn van ho snl alls gaat. D ovgang van zwmbok naa wintwantn is bijna nit mkbaa. D Koi zal cht in w icht bij ht vuu houn van all -glat wtnswaaighn. n z Koi n uitgbi atikl van Nils Malotaux, waain hij Evolutionaiy Dvlopmnt Mthos bschijft. En atikl van Eik van Vnnaal ov ctificati van oftwa Tsts n ivs niuwbichtn n vnmntn. Wij wijzn ook gaag in op at wbsit in n niuw jasj is gstokn! Mt mijmn gachtn ov ht afglopn jaa n n licht sntimnt bij z laatst in 2001 vvaaig Koi, wnsn w in n hl gzon n succsvol 2002 to! D stvolgn Koi zal half mi 2002 vschijnn. Uw kopij hivoo is wlkom tot n mt 14 apil 2002. Voo avtntis n aanmling van vnmntn voo agnaubik kunt u contact opnmn mt acti (acti@stspi.nl ). nhousopgav Ractionl...1 Evolutionay Dvlopmnt Mthos...1 ntouction...1 Histoy...2 ssus Ass by Evo...3 How o w us Evo in pojcts...7 Chck lists...8 Tsting with Evo...9 Chang qusts an oblm pots... 10 Tools... 10 Conclusion... 10 Acknowlgmnt... 11 Rfncs... 11 Ctificati van oftwa Tsts... 12 lnai sssi: 6 fbuai 2002, Utcht... 12 Wkgopn... 13 Wkgop Tstpocsvbting &... 13 Wkgop ntgal statgiën... 13 Wkgop Mtikn... 13 Wkgop nvoingsstatgiën... 13 Wkgop in Klin Oganisatis... 14 Wkgop voo Emb oftwa... 14 Niuwsbichtn... 14 CMM E/W/D vsi 1.1 vijggvn... 14 ntnational oftwa Tsting Confnc... 14 ntouction to CMM cous in UK... 14 oftwa & vics Nwsltt... 14 CMM is: A pactical Appoach... 14 Evnmntnkaln... 15 Colofon... 16 Evolutionay Dvlopmnt Mthos Nils Malotaux oftwa vlops systmatically fail to manag pojcts within th constaints of cost, schul, functionality an quality. olutions hav bn vlop uing th past 35 yas, with impotant sults publish alay som 15 yas ago. till, in pactic not much has chang. Th challng is to fin ways to catch th pactical ssnc of solutions an ways to gt th vlops to us ths solutions. n this pap, w show mthos an tchniqus, which o nabl softwa vlops an managmnt to succssfully managing pojcts within th constaints of cost, schul, functionality an quality. Ths mthos a taught an coach in actual vlopmnt pojcts with makabl sults. Whil softwa vlopmnt sults w usually liv lat, th lays in oth isciplins (lik hawa an mchanical vlopmnt) sm to b nonxistnt. Now that w hav taught oftwa Dvlopmnt to liv Quality On Tim (th ight things at th ight tim an within bugt), th lays in th oth isciplins bcom xpos. Th mthos an tchniqus scib in this pap a obviously not limit to just softwa vlopmnt. Fo thos pojcts wh living Quality On Tim is impotant it is about tim that w a going to apply th tchniqus at th ystms Dvlopmnt lvl. Thfo th nxt tagt fo Evolutionay Dvlopmnt Mthos will b ystms Engining. ntouction oftwa vlops systmatically fail to manag pojcts within th constaints of cost, schul, functionality an quality. Mo than half of CT uss still is not contnt Januai 2002 agina 1
Koi with th pfomanc of CT supplis [Enst&Young, 2001]. This is known fo som 35 yas. olutions hav bn vlop uing th past 35 yas, with impotant sults publish alay yas ago (.g. Mills, 1971 [1], Books, 1987 [2], Gilb, 1988 [3]). till, in pactic not much has chang. An impotant stp in solving this poblm is to accpt that if vlops fail to impov thi habits, in spit of th mthos psnt in th past, th appantly a psychological bais in humans, pvnting aoption of ths mthos. Th challng is to fin ways to catch th pactical ssnc of th solutions to manag pojcts within th constaints of cost, schul, functionality an quality an ways to gt th vlops to us ths solutions. Th impotanc of solving th poblm is mainly conomical: ystmatically living softwa vlopmnt sults within th constaints of cost, schul, functionality an quality savs unpouctiv wok, both by th vlops an th uss (not Cosby, 1996: th ic Of Non-Confomanc [4]). vntion of unpouctiv wok ass th shotag of T psonnl. Enhancing th quality lvl of softwa vlopmnts yils a comptitiv g. Bing succssful ass th stss on T psonnl, with positiv halth ffcts as wll as positiv pouctivity ffcts. n this wok, nam Evo (fom Evolutionay), w show mthos an tchniqus which nabl softwa vlops an managmnt to liv Quality On Tim, which is shot fo succssfully managing pojcts within th constaints of cost, schul, functionality an quality. Ths mthos a taught an coach in actual vlopmnt pojcts with makabl sults. Th pap is bas on pactical xpincs an on softwa pocss impovmnt sach an vlopmnt an spcially influnc by Tom Gilb (1988 [3], lat manuscipts [5] an iscussions). Histoy quimnts analysis Most sciptions of vlopmnt pocsss a bas on th Watfall mol, wh all stags of vlopmnt follow ach oth (Figu 1). Rquimnts must b fix at th stat an at th n w gt a Big Bang livy. n pactic haly anyboy ally follows this mol, although in poting to managmnt, pactic is bnt into this mol. Managmnt usually xpcts this simpl mol, an most vlopmnt pocus scib it as manatoy. This causs a lot of mis -communication an wasts a lot of ngy. Ealy sciptions of Evolutionay livy, thn call ncmntal livy, a scib by Halan Mills in 1971 [1] an F.. Books in his famous "No silv bullt" aticl in 1987 [2]. ncmntal livy is also us in Clanoom oftwa Engining [6]. A pactical laboation of Evolutionay vlopmnt thoy is wittn by Tom Gilb in his book incipls of achitctual sign tail sign Figu 1: Watfall vlopmnt mol inplmntation & tsting qualification tsting livy oftwa Engining Managmnt in 1988 [3] an in nw manuscipts on Tom Gilb s wb-sit: http://www.sult-planning.com. ncmntal livy is also pat of Xtm ogamming (X), s http://www.xtmpogamming.og, howv, if popl claim to follow X, w haly s th Evo lmnt pactic as scib h. W pf using th xpssion Evolutionay livy, o Evo, as popos by Tom Gilb, bcaus not all ncmntal livy is Evolutionay. ncmntal livy mthos us cycls, wh in ach cycl pat of th sign an implmntation is on. n pactic this still las to Big Bang livy, with a lot of bugging at th n. W woul lik to sv th tm Evolutionay fo a spcial kin of ncmntal livy, wh w ass issus lik: olving th quimnts paaox. Rapi fback of stimation an sults impacts. Most impotant issus fist. Highst isks fist. Most ucational o suppoting issus fo th vlopmnt fist. ynchonising with oth vlopmnts (.g. hawa vlopmnt). Dicat xpimnts fo quimnts claification, bfo laboation is on. Evy cycl livs a usful, complt, woking, functional pouct. At th fatal n ay of a pojct w shoul ath hav 80% of th (most impotant) fatus 100% on, than 100% of all fatus 80% on. n th fist cas, th custom has choic to put th pouct on th makt o to a som mo blls an whistls. n th latt cas, th custom has no choic but to wait an gumbl. n Evolutionay livy, w follow th watfall mol (Figu 1) patly in vy shot cycls (Figu 2). cycl 1 2 3 4 5 n-1 n ppa watfall watfall watfall watfall watfall --------- --------- watfall Figu 2: Evolutionay livy uss many watfalls finalis finalis Januai 2002 agina 2
Koi ssus Ass by Evo Rquimnts aaoxs Th 1 st Rquimnts aaox is: Rquimnts must b stabl fo liabl sults. Howv, th quimnts always chang. Evn if you i you utmost bst to gt complt an stabl quimnts, thy will chang. Not only bcaus you customs chang thi min whn thy s mging sults fom th vlopmnts. Also th vlops thmslvs will gt nw insights, nw ias about what th quimnts shoul ally b. o, quimnts chang is a known isk. Btt than ignoing th quimnts paaox, us a vlopmnt pocss that is sign to cop with it: Evolutionay livy. Evo uss api fback by stakhol spons to vify an ajust th quimnts to what th stakhols ally n most. Btwn cycls th is a shot tim slot wh stakhols input is allow an qust to pioitis th list. This is u to th 2 n Rquimnts aaox: W on t want quimnts to chang. Howv, bcaus quimnts chang now is a known isk, w ty to povok quimnts chang as soon as possibl W solv th quimnts paaoxs by cating stabl quimnts uing a vlopmnt cycl, whil xplicitly consiing th quimnts btwn cycls. Vy shot cycls Actually, fw popl tak plann ats siously. As long as th n at of a pojct is fa in th futu (Figu 3), w on't fl any pssu an wok lisuly, iscuss intsting things, mt, ink coff,... (How many ays bfo you last xam i you ally stat woking...?). ha wok f vything woul b compltly cla w coul us th watfall vlopmnt mol. W call this pouction ath than vlopmnt. At th stat of a nw vlopmnt, howv, th a many unctaintis w hav to xplo an to chang into ctaintis. Bcaus vn th simplst vlopmnt pojct is too complx fo a human min to ovs compltly (E. Dijksta, 1965: Th comptnt pogamm is fully awa of th limit siz of his own skull [12]) w must itativly lan what w a actually aling with an lan how to pfom btt. This is on by think fist, thn o, bcaus thinking costs lss than oing. But, bcaus w cannot fos vything an w hav to assum a lot, w constantly hav to chck whth ou thoughts an assum ptions w coct. This is call fback: w plan som thing, w o it as wll as w can, thn w chck whth th ffcts a coct. Dpning on this analysis, w may chang ou ways an assumptions. hwhat alay scib this in 1939 [13]. Dming [14] call it th hwhat cycl (Figu 6). Oths call it th Dming cycl o DCA (lan-do-chck-act) cycl. n pactic w s that if vlops o somthing (scstat planning Figu 3: W only stat woking ha whn th pssu of th livy at is na. Usually w a lat. o at th stat of th pojct w wok lativly slowly. Whn th pssu of th finish at bcoms tangibl, w stat woking ha, stssing a bit, making os causing lays, causing vn mo stss. Th sult: w o not finish in tim. W know all th xcuss, which caus us to b lat. t's nv ou own fault. This is not wong o ight. t's human psychology. That is how w function. o on't igno it. Accpt it an thn think what to o with it. mat pojct manags tll thi tam an ali at (Figu 4). f thy o this clvly, th sult may b just in tim fo th al at. Th poblm is that thy can o this only onc o twic. Th tam mmbs soon will iscov that th n at was not ally ha an thy will loos faith in milston ats. This is vn wos. ha wok stat smat planning? Th solution fo coping with ths facts of human ps y- chology is to plan in vy shot incmnts (Figu 5). Th uation of ths incmnts must b such that: Th pssu of th n at is flt ight th fist ay. Th uation of a cycl must b sufficint to finish al tasks. Th wks is too long fo th pssu an on wk may b flt as too shot fo finishing al tasks. Not that th pssu in this schm is much halthi than th al stss an failu at th n of a Big Bang (livy at onc at th n) pojct. Th xpinc in an actual pojct, wh w got only six wks to finish compltly, l to using on-wk cycls. Th sults w such, that w will continu using on-wk cycls on all subsqunt pojcts. f you cannot vn plan a on-wk pio, how coul you plan long pios? Rapi an fqunt fback planning Figu 4: To ovcom th lat livy poblm, a smat pojct manag slls his tam an ali livy at. Evn smat vlops soon will know. ha wok stat planning Figu 5: Th solution: choos shot, alistic "livy ats". atisfaction, motivation, fast fback. Januai 2002 agina 3
Koi Figu 6: hwhat c ycl, Dming cycl, DCA cycl. tion 2 of th cycl), thy somtims plan (sction 1), but haly v xplicitly go though th analysis an lan sctions. n Evo w o us all th sctions of th cycl libatly in api an fqunt fback loops (Figu 7): Th wkly task cycl n this cycl w optimis ou stimation, planning an tacking abilitis in o to btt pict th futu. W chck constantly whth w a oing th ight things in th ight o to th ight lvl of tail fo th momnt. Th fqunt stakhol valu livy cycl n this cycl w optimis th quimnts an chck ou assumptions. W chck constantly whth w a living th ight things in th ight o to th ight lvl of tail fo th momnt. Dlivy cycls may tak 1 to 3 wkly cycls. Th statgic objctivs cycl n this cycl w viw ou statgic objctivs an chck whth what w o still complis with th objctivs. This cycl may tak 1 to 3 months. Th oganisation oamap cycl n this cycl w viw ou oamap an chck whth ou statgic objctivs still comply with what w shoul o in this wol. This cycl may tak 3 to 6 months. n vlopmnt pojcts, only task cycls an livy cycls a consi. n any task cycl, tasks a on to f th cunt livy, whil som oth tasks may Tasks Tasks Act What can w lan Chck Analys th ffcts Dlivy Tasks Tasks Tasks 4 3 pojct 1 2 oganisation lan What o w want to know o to o Do Cay out plan task livy statgy oamap Figu 7: Cycls in Evo. Dlivy Tasks Tasks Tasks Tasks Tasks Figu 8: Cunt tasks f th cunt livy cycl as wll as ppa fo futu livy cycls. b on to mak futu livis possibl (Figu 8). Tim Boxing Evolutionay pojct oganisation uss tim boxing ath than fatu boxing. f w assum that th amount of soucs fo a givn pojct is fix, o at last limit, it is possibl to alis ith: A fix st of fatus in th tim n to alis ths fatus. W call this fatu boxing. Th amount of fatus w can alis in a fix amount of tim. W call this tim boxing. To alis a fix st of fatus in a fix amount of tim with a givn st of soucs is only possibl if th tim is sufficint to alis all ths fatus. n pactic, howv, th tim allow is usually insufficint to alis all th fatus ask: What th custom wants, h cannot affo. f this is th cas, w a only fooling ouslvs if w ty to accomplish th impossibl (Figu 9). This has nothing to o with lazy o unwilling vlops: if th tim (o th bugt) is insufficint to alis all th tim soucs fatus Figu 9: f soucs an tim a fix, th fatus a vaiabl. qui fatus, thy will not all b alis. t is as simpl as that. Th Evo mtho maks su that th custom gts th most an most impotant fatus possibl within a ctain amount of tim an with th availabl soucs. Asking vlops to accomplish th impossibl is on of th main ngy ains in pojcts. By wasting ngy th sult is always lss than othwis possibl. n pactic, tim boxing mans: A st numb of hous is sv fo a task. At th n of th tim box, th task shoul b 100% on. That mans ally on. Tim slip is not allow in a tim box, othwis oth tasks will b lay an this woul la to uncontoll lays in th vlopmnt. Bfo th n of th tim box w chck how fa w can finish th task. f w fos that w cannot finish a task, w shoul fin what w know now, ty to fin what w still hav to invstigat, fin tasks an stimat th tim still n. fably, howv, w shoul ty whth w coul go into lss tail this momnt, actually finishing th task to a sufficint lvl of tail within th tim box. A Taskht (tails s [8]) is us to fin: Th goal of th task. Th statgy to pfom th task. How th sult will b vifi. Dlivy How w know fo su that th task is ally on (i.. th is ally nothing w hav to o any mo fo this task, w can fogt about it). Januai 2002 agina 4
Koi Estimation, planning an tacking Estimation, planning an tacking a an inspaabl tinity. f you on't o on of thm, you on't n th oth two. f you on't stimat, you cannot plan an th is nothing to tack. f you o not plan, stimation an tacking is us lss. f you o not tack, why shoul you stimat o plan? o: Div small tasks fom th quimnts, th achitctu an th ovall sign. Estimat th tim n fo vy small task. Div th total tim n fom: Th tim n fo all th tasks Th availabl soucs Coct fo th al amount of tim availabl p souc (noboy woks a full 100% of his psnc on th pojct. Th statistical avag is about 55%. This is on of th ky asons fo lat pojcts! [9]) lan th nxt cycl xactly. B su that th wok of vy cycl can b on. That mans ally on. Gt commitmnt fom thos who a to o th al wok. lan th following cycls oughly (th planning may chang anyway!). Tack succsss an failus. Lan fom it. Rfin stimation an planning continuously. Wan stakhols wll in avanc if th tagt livy tim is changing bcaus of any ason. Th may b vaious tagt livy tims, pning on vaious fatu sts. f tims an ats a not impotant to you (o to managmnt), thn on't stimat, plan, no tack: you on't n it. Howv, if timing is impotant, insist on stimation, planning an tacking. An it is not vn ifficult, onc you gt th hang of it. f you custom (o you boss) osn't lik to ha that you cannot xactly pict which fatus will b in at th fatal n ay, whil you know that not all fatus will b in (at a fix bugt an fix soucs), you can giv him two options: Eith to tll him th ay bfo th fatal ay that you i not succ in implmnting all th functions. O tll him now (bcaus you alay know), an lt him vy wk ci with you which fatus a th most impotant. t will tak som psuasion, but you will s that within two wks you will wok togth to gt th bst possibl sult. Th is on pomis you can mak: Th pocss us is th most fficint pocss availabl. n any oth way h will nv gt mo, pobably lss. o lt's wok togth to mak th bst of it. O ci at th bginning to a mo soucs. Aing soucs lat voks Books Law [9]: "Aing popl to a lat pojct maks it lat". Lt's stop following ostich-policy, fac ality an al with it in a alistic an constuctiv way. Diffnc btwn ffot an la-tim f w ask softwa vlops to stimat a givn task in ays, thy usually com up with stimats of la-tim. f w ask thm to stimat a task in hous, thy com up with stimats in ffot. ojct manags know that vlops a optimistic an hav thi pivat multipli (lik 2, 2, o π) to ajust th stimats givn. Bcaus ths figus thn hav to b nt in pojct-planning tools, lik M ojct, thy nt th ajust figus as la-tim. Th poblm with la-tim figus is that ths a a mix of two iffnt tim componnts: Effot, th tim n to o th wok La-tim, th tim until th wok is on. O ath La-tim minus Effot, bing th tim n fo oth things than th wok to b on. Exampls of oth things a: inking coff, mtings, going to th lavatoy, iscussions, hlping collagus, tlphon calls, -mail, aming, tc. n pactic w us th Effot/La-tim atio, which is usually in th ang of 50-70% fo full-tim tam mmbs. Bcaus th paamts causing vaiation in ths two componnts a iffnt, thy hav to b kpt apat an tat iffntly. f w kp planning only in la-tim, w will nv b abl to lan fom th tacking of ou plann, stimat figus. Thus w will nv lan to pict vlopmnt tim. f ths lmnts a kpt spaatly, popl can lan vy quickly to ajust thi ffot stimating intuition. n cnt pojcts w foun: fist wk: 40% of th committ wok on, scon wk: 80% on, fom th thi wk on: 100% o mo on. Now w can stat picting! paatly, popl can lan tim managmnt to contol thi Effot/La-tim atio. Books inicat this alay in 1975 [9]: ogamming pojcts took about twic th xpct tim. Rsach show that half of th tim was us fo activitis oth than th pojct. n actual pojcts, w cuntly us th ul that popl slct 2/3 of a cycl (26 hous of 39) fo pojct tasks, an kp 1/3 fo oth activitis. om manags complain that if w giv about 3 ays of wok an 5 ays to o th wok, popl tn to Fill th tim availabl. This is call akinson s Law [10]: Wok xpans so as to fill th tim availabl fo its compltion. Managmnt uss th sam asoning, giving thm 6 ays of wok an 5 ays to o it, hoping to nhanc pouctivity. Bcaus 6 ays of ffot cannot b on in 5 ays an popl hav to o, an will o, th oth things anyway, popl will always fail to succ in accomplishing th impossibl. What is wos: this causs a constant sns of failu, causing fustation an motivation. f w giv thm th amount of wok thy can accomplish, thy will succ. This cats a snsation of accomplishmnt an succss, which is vy motivating. Th obsv sult is that giving thm 3 ays wok fo 5 ays is mo pouctiv that giving thm 6 ays of wok fo 5 ays. Commitmnt n most pojcts, whn w ask popl whth a task is on, thy answ: Ys. f w thn ask, s it ally on?, thy answ: Wll, almost. H w gt th ffct that if 90% is on, thy stat woking on th oth 90%. This is an impotant caus of lays. Thfo, it is impativ that w fin whn a task is ally 100% on an that w insist that any task b 100% on. Not Januai 2002 agina 5
Koi 100% is not on. n Evo cycls, w ask fo tasks to b 100% on. No n to think about it any mo. Upon stimating an planning th tasks, ffot hous hav bn stimat. Wkly, th pioitis a fin. o, vy wk, whn th pojct manag poposs any tam mmb th tasks fo th nxt cycl, h shoul nv say Do this an o that. H shoul always popos: Do you still ag that ths tasks a highst pioity, o you still ag that you shoul o it, an o you still ag with th stimations?. f th vlop hsitats on any of ths qustions, th pojct manag shoul ask why, an hlp th vlop to -ajust such that h can giv a full commitmnt that h will accomplish th tasks. Th pojct manag may hlp th vlop with suggstions ( Last cycl you i not succ, so mayb you w too optimistic? ). H may nv tak ov th sponsibility fo th cision on which tasks th vlop accpts to liv. This is th only way to gt tu vlop commitmnt. At th n of th cycl th pojct manag only has to us th mio. n th mio th vlop can s himslf if h fail in fulfilling his commitmnts. f th pojct manag ci what ha to b on, th vlop ss ight though th mio an only ss th pojct manag. t is ssntial that th pojct manag coachs th vlops in gtting thi commitmnts ight. Us th sntnc: omis m to o nothing, as long as that is 100% on! to convy th impotanc of compltly on. Only whn woking with al commitmnts, vlops can lan to optimis thi stimations an liv accoingly. Els, thy will nv lan. ojct manags bing afai that th vlops will o lss than n an thfo giving th vlops mo wok that thy can commit to, will nv gt what thy hop fo bcaus without al commitmnt, popl tn to o lss. Risks f th a no isks whatsov, us th watfall mol fo you vlopmnt. f th a isks, which is th cas in any nw vlopmnt, w hav to constantly assss how w a going to contol ths isks. Dvlopmnt is fo an impotant pat isk-uction. f th vlopmnt is on, all isks shoul hav bn solv. f a isk tuns out fo wos at th n of a vlopmnt, w hav no tim to solv it any mo. f w intify th isks ali, w may hav tim to ci what to o if th isk tuns out fo wos. Bcaus w vlop in vy shot incmnts of on wk th isk that an assumption o ia consums a lot of vlopmnt tim bfo w bcom awa that th sult cannot b us is limit to on wk. Evy wk th quimnts a fin, bas upon what w lant bfo. Risks a not limit to assumptions about th pouct (avtnti) atns Januai 2002 agina 6
Koi quimnts, wh w shoul ask ouslvs: A w vloping th ight things ight? Whn a things ight? Many isks a also about timing an synchonis ation: Can w stimat sufficintly accuat? Which tasks a w fogtting? Do w gt th livis fom oths (hawa, softwa, stakhol sponss, ) in tim? Actually th main qustions w a asking ouslvs systmatically in Evo a: What shoul w o, in which o, to which lvl of tail fo now. Too much tail too aly mans usually that th tail wok has to b on ov an ov again. May b th tail wok was not on wong. t only lat tuns out that it shoul hav bn on iffntly. Tam mtings Convntional tam mtings usually stat with a oun of xcuss, wh vyboy tlls why h i not succ in what h was suppos to o. Th is a lot of iscussion about th wok that was suppos to b on, an whn th tim of th mting is gon, nw tasks a haly iscuss. This is not a big poblm, bcaus most paticipants hav to continu thi unfinish wok anyway. Th pojct manag nots th nw tagt ats of th lay activitis an popl continu thi wok. Aft th mting th pojct manag may calculat how much sv ( slack tim ) is lft, o how much th pojct is lay if all sv has alay bn us. n many pojcts w s that pojct-planning shts (M ojct) a mainly us as wallpap. Thy a haly upat an th actual wok an th plan-on-th-wall ivg mo an mo vy wk. n th wkly Evo tam mting, w only iscuss nw wok, nv past wok. W o not wast tim fo xcuss. What is past w cannot chang. What w still shoul o is constantly -pioitis, so w always wok on what is bst fom this momnt. W on t iscuss past tasks bcaus thy a finish. f iscussion stats about th nw tasks, w can us th sults in ou coming wok. That can b usful. till, if th iscussion is btwn only a fw paticipants, it shoul b postpon till aft th mting, not to wast th oths tim. Magic wos Th a sval magic wos that can b us in Evo pactic. Thy can hlp us to oing th ight things in th ight o to th ight lvl of tail fo this momnt. Focus Dvlops tn to b asily istact by many impotant o intsting things. om things may vn ally b impotant, howv, not at this momnt. Kping focus at th cunt pioity goals, avoiing istactions, is not asy, but savs tim. ioity Dfining pioitis an only woking on th highst pioitis guis us to oing th most impotant things fist. ynchonis Evy pojct intfacs with th wol outsi th pojct. Activ synchonisation is n to mak su that plann ats can b kpt. Why This wo focs us to fin th ason why w shoul o somthing, allowing us to chck whth it is th ight thing to o. t hlps in kping focus. Dats a sac n most pojcts, ats a flui. ac ats mans that if you ag on a at, you stick to you wo. O tll wll in avanc that you cannot kp you wo. With Evo you will know wll in avanc. Don To mak stimation, planning an tacking possibl, w must finish tasks compltly. Not 100% finish is not on. This is to ovcom th f 90% is on w continu with th oth 90% synom. Bug, bug A bug is a small catu, autonomously cping into you pouct, causing toubl, an you cannot o anything about it. Wong. opl mak mistaks an thus caus fcts. Th wos bug an bug a ity wos an shoul b as fom ou ictionay. By activly laning fom ou mistaks, w can lan to avoi many of thm. n Evo, w activly catch ou mistaks as aly as possibl an act upon thm. Thfo, th impact of th fcts caus by ou mistaks is minimis an spa though th nti pojct. This lavs a ba minimum of fcts at th n of th pojct, avoiing th n fo a spcial bugging phas. Disciplin With isciplin w on t man impos isciplin, but ath what you, youslf, know what is bst to o. f noboy watchs us, it is quit human to cut cons, o to o somthing ls, vn if w know this is wong. W s ouslvs oing a lss optimal thing an w a unabl to isciplin ouslvs. f som boy watchs ov ou shoul, kping isciplin is asi. o, isciplin is ifficult, but w can hlp ach oth. Evo hlps kping isciplin. Why o w want this? Bcaus w njoy bing succssful, oing th ight things. How o w us Evo in pojcts n ou xpinc, many pojcts hav a mystious stat. Usually whn ask to intouc Evo in a pojct, on o mo popl hav bn stuying th pojct alay fo som wks o vn months. o in most cass, th a som quimnts an som ia about th achitctu. opl acquaint with planning usually alay hav som ia about what has to b on an hav ma a convntional planning, bas on which th pojct was popos an commission. Evo ay To chang a pojct into an Evo pojct, w oganis an Evo ay, typically with th ojct Manag, th achitct, a tst an all oth popl of th vlopmnt tam. takhol attnanc can b usful, but is not absolutly ncssay at th fist Evo ay, wh w just tach th tam how to chang thi ways. Duing th Evo ay (an uing all subsqunt mtings) a notbook an Januai 2002 agina 7
Koi a LCD pojcto a us, so that all paticipants can follow what w a typing an talking about. t is pfabl to oganis th Evo ay outsi th company. Th schul is nomally: Moning sntation of Evo mthos [11]: why an how. sntation of th pouct by th systms achitct (popl psnt usually hav iffnt viws, o vn no viw, of th pouct to b vlop). Aftnoon n th aftnoon w wok towas fining which activitis shoul b wok on in th coming wk/cycl. Thfo w o xciss in: Dfining sub-tasks of max 26 hous. n pactic, only fw activitis will b tail. opl gt ti of this within 20 minuts, but thy i th xcis an anyway w on t hav tim to o it all in on ay. Estimating th ffot of th sub-tasks, in ffot-hous, nv in ays, s Diffnc btwn ffot an la-tim abov. Dfining pioitis. Listing th tasks in o of pioity. Diviing top-pioity activitis, which hav not yt bn ivi into sub-tasks. Estimating ffot on top-pioity sub-tasks if not yt on. Th tam cis who shoul o what fom th top of th list. Evy iniviual vlop cis which tasks h will b abl to liv on, ally on at th n of th cycl. f a commitmnt cannot b givn, tak fw tasks, until full commitmnt can b givn. At th n of th ay vyon has a list of tasks fo th coming wk, an a commitmnt that ths tasks will b finish compltly, whil w a su that th tasks w stat woking on hav th highst pioity. Last ay of th cycl Th last ay of a cycl is spcial an ivi into 3 cycls 116 117 118 119 120 121 1 wk cycl pats (Figu 10): Th pojct manag visits vy vlop iniviually an iscusss th sults of th tasks. f th commitmnts coul not b mt, thy iscuss th causs: Was th ffot stimation incoct o was th a tim-managmnt poblm. Th vlop shoul lan fom th sults to o btt th nxt tim. Aft having visit all vlops, th pojct manag has an ovviw of th status of th pojct. Th status of th pojct is iscuss with th custom, pouct manag, o whichv lvant stakhols. H th Rquimnts aaox is hanl: uing th wk, th quimnts w fix, now is th 1 to 2 hous timslot that th stakhols may aang th quimnts an pioitis. At th n of this mting, th quimnts an pioitis a fix again. Finally, th pojct manag fins task-poposals fo th vlops an iscusss ths poposals with thm iniviually. Dvlops ag that ths tasks hav th highst pioity an commit to finishing ths tasks uing th cycl. Tam mting w thu fi mon tu w thu Having ppa th iniviual task-lists fo th nxt cycl, in th tam mting, at th n of th last cycl ay, o th bginning of th fist nw cycl ay, th following is on: Expinc fom th past cycl may b iscuss if it coul bnfit subsqunt wok. Th status of th pojct is iscuss. ub-tasks may b (-)fin an (-)stimat if full paticipation is usful. Th tasks fo th nxt cycl a fomally assign an committ to. Now all paticipants ha who is going to o what an may act upon it. Discussion may b allow, if it affcts most paticipants. Th iscussions may caus som pioitisation an thus shuffling of tasks to b on. Wkly tam mtings typically tak lss than 20 minuts. A typical action at th n of th fist Evo tam mting is: W nv bfo ha such a shot mting. Whn ask Di w fogt to iscuss anything impotant?, th spons is: No, this was a goo an fficint mting. This is on of th ways w a saving tim. Rquimnts chck lanning Tasks on? Coaching Makt winow Tam mting Taskht Taskht viw Rpioitis Rquimnts fix Woking on tasks Nw tasks + Commitmnt Woking on tasks Tam mting (20 min ) Woking on tasks Last ay of a cycl Rsult of tasks chck Rquimnts chck lanning Tam mting Taskht Taskht viw Chck lists Th a sval chcklists bing us to hlp fining pioitis an to hlp to gt tasks ally finish. Ths a cuntly: Task pioitisation citia Dlivy pioitisation citia Task conclusion citia Figu 10: tuctu of a wkly cycl Januai 2002 agina 8
Koi Task pioitisation citia To hlp in th pioitisation pocss of which tasks shoul b on fist, w us th following chcklist: Most impotant issus fist (bas on cunt an futu livy schuls). Highst isks fist (btt aly than lat). Most ucational o suppoting activitis fist. ynchonisation with th wol outsi th tam (.g. hawa ns tst-softwa, softwa ns hawa fo tst: will it b th whn n?). Evy task has a usful, complt, woking, functional sult. Dlivy pioitisation citia To hlp in th pioitisation pocss of what shoul b in th nxt livy to stakhols w us th following chcklist: Evy livy shoul hav th juicist, most impotant stakhol valus that can b ma in th last tim. mpact Estimation [7] is a tchniqu that can b us to ci on what to wok on fist. A livy must hav symmtical stakhol valus. This mans that if a pogam has a stat, th must also b an xit. f th is a lt function, th must b also som a function. Gnally spaking, th st of valus must b a usful whol. Evy subsqunt livy must show a cla iffnc. Bcaus w want to hav stakhol fback, th stakhol must s a iffnc to fback on. f th stakhol fls no iffnc h fls that h is wasting his tim an looss intst to gnat fback in th futu. Evy livy livs th smallst cla incmnt. f a livy is plann, ty to lt anything that is not absolutly ncssay to fulfil th pvious chcks. f th sulting livy taks mo than two wks, ty ha. Task conclusion citia f w ask iffnt popl about th contnts of a fin task, all will tll a mo o lss iffnt stoy. n o to mak su that th vlop vlops th ight solution, w us a Taskht (tails s [8]). Dpning on th task to b on, Taskhts may b slightly iffnt. Fist, th vlop wits own on th Taskht: Th quimnts of th sult of th task. Which activitis must b on to complt th task. Dsign appoach: how to implmnt it. Vification appoach: how to mak su that it os what it shoul o an os not o what it shoul not o, bas on th quimnts. lanning (if mo than on ay wok). f this is ifficult, ask: What am going to o th fist ay. Anything that is not yt cla. Thn th Taskht is viw by th systm achitct. n this pocss, what th vlop thinks has to b on is compa with what th systm achitct xpcts: will th sult fit in th big pictu? Usually th is som iffnc btwn ths two viws an it is btt to fin an solv ths iffncs bfo th actual xcution of th task than aft. This simply savs tim. Aft agmnt, th vlop os th wok, vifis that th sult pouc not lss, but also not mo, than th quimnts ask fo. Nic things a not allow: Anything not spcifi in th quimnts is not tst. Noboy knows about it an this is an isolvabl an thfo unwant isk. Finally, th vlop uss th task conclusion citia on th Taskht to tmin that th task is ally on. Ths citia may b aapt to ctain typs of tasks. n pactical pojcts, wh softwa co was wittn w us th following list: Th co compils an links with all fils in th intgation pomotion lvl. Th co simply os what it shoul o: no bugs. Th a no mmoy laks. A akinson tst os not mak th systm cash. Dfnsiv pogamming masus hav bn implmnt. All fils a labll accoing to th uls ag. Fil pomotion is on. fl confint that th tst will fin no poblms. This chcklist is to mak su that th task is ally on. f all chcks a OK, thn th wok is on. f it lat tuns out that th wok was not compltly on, thn th chcklist is chang. Tsting with Evo Whn vloping th convntional way, tsting is on at th n of th vlopmnt, aft th Big Bang livy. Tsts thn tn to fin huns of fcts, which tak a long tim to pai. An bcaus th a so many fcts, ths tn to influnc ach oth. Bsis, paiing fcts causs mo fcts. oftwa vlops a not us to using statistics. f w ag that tsting nv covs 100% of th softwa, this mans that tsting is taking a sampl. At school w lant that if w sampl, w shoul us statistics to say somthing about th whol. o w shoul gt us to statistics an not un away fom it. tatistics tll us that tsting is on avag 50% ffctiv. Until you hav you own (btt?) figus, w hav to stick to this figu. This mans that th us will fin th sam amount of fcts as foun in tst. aaoxically this mans that th mo fcts w fin in tst, th mo th us will fin. O, if w o not want th us to fin any fcts, th tst shoul fin no fcts at all. Most vlops think that fct-f softwa is impossibl. f w xtapolat this, it mans that w think it is quit nomal that ou ca may stop aft a fw kilomts iv. O that th sting whl in som cass woks just th oth way: th ca tuns to th lft whn w st to th ight s that nomal? n Evo, w xpct th vlops to liv zo-fct sults fo th final valiation, so that th tsts just hav to chck that vything woks OK, as qui. Although softwa vlops usually stat laughing by this vy ia, w a vy sious about this. Th aim of tsting ali livis of Evo cycls is not just tsting whth it woks. Also, tsting is not to mak lif ifficult fo th vlops. n Evo, th softwa vlops ask th ts t- s to hlp thm to fin out how fa th vlops a Januai 2002 agina 9
Koi fom th capability of living a fct f pouct at, o bfo, final valiation (Figu 11). Evolutionay vlopmnt Dlivy Dlivy Dlivy Chang qusts an oblm pots Zo fct livy Masu quality Masu quality Masu quality Final valiation Figu 11: Tsting of aly livis hlps th vlops to gt ay fo zo-fct final livy. Chang Rqusts (CR) a qust changs in th quimnts. oblms Rpots (R) pot things foun wong (fcts), which w shoul hav on ight in th fist plac. Nwly Dfin Tasks (NT) a tasks w fogot to fin. f any of ths is ncount, w nv stat just changing, paiing, o oing th nw task. W wok only on fin tasks, of which th ffot has bn stimat an th pioity fin. All tasks a list on th list of caniat tasks in o of pioity. Any CR, R o NT is fist collct in a atabas. This coul b anything btwn a al atabas application an a notbook. Rgulaly, th atabas is analys by a Chang Contol Boa (CCB). This coul b anything btwn a vy fomal goup of slct popl, who can an must analys th issus (CRs, Rs an NTs), an an infomal goup of.g. th pojct manag an a tam mmb, who chck th atabas an ci what to o. Th CCB can ci to igno o pos tpon som issus, to fin a nw task immiatly o to fin an analysis task fist (Figu 12). n an analysis task, th consquncs of th issu a fist analys an an avic is ocumnt about what to o an what th im plications a. Any task gnat in this pocss is put on th list of caniat tasks, stimat an pioitis. An only whn an xisting o nw task appas at th top of th caniat list, it will b wok on. Tools pcial tools may only b us whn w know an unstan th ight mthos. n actual pojcts, w hav us M Excl as an asy notpa uing intactiv sssions with a LCD pojcto showing what happns on this notpa in al tim. Whn tasks hav bn fin, M ojct can b us as a spasht to kp tack of th tasks p pson, whil automatically gnating a tim-lin in th Gantt-chat viw (Figu 13, top lft). This tim-lin tlls popl, incluing managmnt, mo than txtual planning. t pov possibl to lt M ojct us wks of 26 hous an ays of 5.2 hous, so that uations coul b nt in al ffot whil th tim-lin shows coct latim-ays. Th is a lation btwn quimnts, stakhol valus, livis an tasks (Figu 13). W vn want to hav iffnt viws on th list of tasks, lik a list of pioitis caniat tasks of th whol pojct an lists of pioitis tasks p vlop. This calls fo th us of a lational atabas, to oganis th lations btwn quimnts, valus, livis an tasks an th iffnt viws. Cuntly, such a atabas has not bn ma an th pojct manag has to kp th consistncy of th lations manually. This is som xta wok. Howv, in th bginning it hlps th pojct manag knowing what h is oing. An whn w will hav foun th bst way to o it an foun th qui lationships an viws w ally n, thn w coul spcify th quimnts of a atabas. f w woul hav wait till w ha a atabas to kp tack of all things, w pobably woul not hav stat gaining Evo xpinc yt. Whth xisting tools, lik.g. fom Rational can solv this atabas poblm sufficintly, is intsting to invstigat. mpotant bfo slcting any tool is, howv, to know what w want to accomplish an why an how. Only thn w can chck whth th tool coul sav tim an buocacy ath that costing tim an buocacy. quimnts iv tasks task caniats hous pioity task 1 12 5 task 2 22 5 task 3 13 5 17 4 4 3 2 2 1 0 task n 34 0 hous: al ffot pioity: 5 = highst, 1 = lowst, 0 = on hol nwly fin tasks chang qusts atabas Figu 12: All activitis, incluing Chang Rqusts, oblm Rpots an Nwly Dfin Tasks us th sam mchanism fo stimation an pioitising: th list of caniat tasks. CCB Rjct Lat Analysis task Nw task poblm pots Conclusion W scib issus that a ass by th Evo mthos an th way w oganis Evo pojcts. By using ths mthos in actual pojcts w fin: Fast sults Evo pojcts liv btt sults in 30% shot tim than othwis. Not: 30% shot than what by convntional mthos woul hav bn achiv. This may b long than initially hop fo. Although this 30% is not scintifically povn, it is ath plausibl by consiing that w constantly chck whth w a oing th ight things in th ight o to th ight lvl of tail fo that momnt. This mans that any oth pocss is always lss fficint. Most pocsss (vn if you on t know which pocss you follow, you a following an intuitiv a hoc pocss) caus much Januai 2002 agina 10
25 Jun '01 02 Jul '01 09 Jul '01 16 Jul '01 23 Jul '01 30 Jul '01 D T a s k D u F M TW T F M TW TF MT WT F M TW T F M TW TF MT WT F 1 2 John 126 26 h 3 t a s k 6 1 2 h 4 t a s k 1 6 1 4 h 5 John ToDo 80 h 6 t a s k 2 2 0 h 7 t a s k 8 1 0 h 8 t a s k 1 3 1 0 h 9 t a s k 1 1 0 h 1 0 t a s k 7 2 0 h 1 1 t a s k 1 7 1 0 h 1 2Bill 126 26 h 1 3 t a s k 1 4 8 h 1 4 t a s k 1 7 1 4 h 1 5 t a s k 1 8 4 h 1 6Bill ToDo 60 h 1 7 t a s k 9 2 0 h 1 8 t a s k 4 2 0 h 1 9 t a s k 1 2 1 3 h 2 0 t a s k 1 6 7 h 2 1u 126 26 h 2 2 t a s k 3 1 0 h 2 3 t a s k 1 9 1 6 h 2 4u ToDo 30 h 2 5 t a s k 1 5 1 0 h 2 6 t a s k 1 0 1 0 h 2 7 t a s k 5 1 0 h 2 8Caniats 2list 5, 6 h 2 9 t a s k 1 1 1 0 h 3 0 t a s k 2 0 5, 2 h 3 1 t a s k 2 1 5, 2 h 3 2 t a s k 2 2 5, 2 h John 126 B i l l 1 2 6 u 126 C a n i a t s l i s t u ToDo B i l l T o D o John ToDo DTask 1 2 3 task 1 10 h 4 task 2 20 h 5 task 3 10 h 6 task 4 20 h 7 task 5 10 h 8 task 6 10 h 9 task 7 20 h 10task 8 10 h 11task 9 12task 10 13task 11 14task 12 15task 13 16task 14 17task 15 18task 16 19task 17 '01 26 Jun '01 03 Jul '01 10 Jul '01 17 Jul '01 24 Jul '01 31 Jul '01 Du T F M T W T F M T W T F M T W T F M T W T F M T W T F M T W T F M 20 h 10 h 10 h 20 h 10 h 20 h 10 h 20 h 10 h Koi pioitiz pioitiz pioitiz ast Tasks John This wk John till to o John ast Tasks Bill This wk Bill till to o Bill ast Tasks u This wk u till to o u Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Task n Task n+1 Task n+2 Task m Task m+1 Task m+2 pioitiz quimnts Valu 1 Valu 2 Valu 3 Valu n Valu n+1 Valu n+2 Valu m Valu m+1 Valu m+2 pioitiz Figu 13: Rlations btwn quimnts, stakhol valus, livis, an iffnt viws on tasks. wok to b on incoctly an thn pai, as wll as unncssay wok. Most vlops amit that thy us mo than half of th total pojct tim on bugging. That is paiing things thy i wong th fist tim. Btt quality W fin quality as (Cosby [4]) Confomanc to Rquimnts (how ls can w sign fo quality an masu quality). n Evo w constantly consi th valiity of th quimnts an ou assumptions an mak su that w liv th most impotant quimnts fist. Thus th sult will b at last as goo as what is liv with th lss igoous appoach w ncount in oth appoachs. Lss stss vlops n convntional pojcts, wh it is nomal that tasks a not complt in tim, vlops constantly fl that thy fail. This is vy motivating. n Evo pojcts, vlops succ gulaly an s gulaly al sults of thi wok. opl njoy succss. t motivats gatly. An bcaus motivation is th moto of pouctivity, th pouctivity soas. This is what w s happning within two wks in Evo pojcts: opl gt lax, happy, smiling again, whil poucing mo. Happy customs Customs njoy gtting aly livis an poucing gula fback. Thy know that thy hav ifficulty in spcifying what thy ally n. By showing thm aly livis an bing sponsiv to thi quimnts changs, thy fl that w know what w a oing. n oth vlopmnts, thy a constantly anxious about th sult, which thy gt only at th n, whil xpinc tlls thm that th fist sults a usually not OK an too lat. Now thy gt actual sults vn much ali. Thy stat tusting ou pictions. An thy gt a choic of tim to makt bcaus w liv complt, functioning sults, with gowing compltnss of functions an qualitis, wll bfo th alin. This has Dlivy 1 Dlivy 2 Dlivy 3 Dlivy n Dlivy n+1 Dlivy n+2 pioitiz nv happn bfo. Mo pofits f w us lss tim to liv btt quality in a pictabl way, w sav a lot of mony, whil w can an mo mony with th sult. Combin, w mak a lot mo pofit. n shot, although Books pict a long tim ago that Th is no silv bullt [2], w foun that th mthos psnt, which a bas on ias pactic vn bfo th silv bullt aticl, o sm to b a magic bullt bcaus of th makabl sults obtain. Acknowlgmnt A lot of th xpinc with th appoach scib in this pap has bn gain at hilips Rmot Contol ystms, Luvn, Blgium. n a symbiotic coopation with th goup la, Bat Vanbk, th appoach has bn intouc in all softwa pojcts of his tam. Using shot iscuss-implmnt-chck-act impovmnt cycls uing a pio of 8 months, th appoach l to a visibly btt managability an an incas comfot-lvl fo th tam mmbs. W woul lik to thank th tam mmbs fo thi contibution to th sults. Nils Malotaux N R Malotaux Consultancy nils@malotaux.nl www.malotaux.nl/nm Rfncs [1] H.D. Mills: Top-Down ogamming in Lag ystms. n Dbugging Tchniqus in Lag ystms. E. R. Ruskin, Englwoo Cliffs, NJ: ntic Hall, 1971. [2] F.. Books, J.: No ilv Bullt: ssnc an Accints of oftwa Engining. n Comput vol 20, no.4 (Apil 1987): 10-19. [3] T. Gilb: incipls of oftwa Engining Managmnt. Aison-Wsly ub Co, 1988, BN: 0201192462. [4].B. Cosby: Quality s till F. McGaw-Hill, 1996. 4th ition BN 0070145326 [5] T. Gilb: manuscipt: Evo: Th volutionay ojct Manags Hanbook. http://www.sultplanning.com/pags/2nlvl/ gilbownloa.html, 1997. [6].J.owll, C.J.Tammll, R.C.Ling, J.H.oo: Clanoom oftwa Engining, Tchnology an pocss. Aison-Wsly, 1999, BN 0201854805. [7] T. Gilb: manuscipt: mpact Estimation Tabls: Unstaning Complx Tchnology Quantativly. Januai 2002 agina 11
Koi http://www.sult-planning.com/pags/2nlvl/ gilbownloa.html, 1997. [8] N.R. Malotaux: Taskht. http://www.malotaux.nl/nm/english/foms.htm, 2000. [9] F.. Books, J.: Th mythical man-month. Aison-Wsly, 1975, BN 0201006502. Rpint 1995, BN 0201835959. [10] C. Nothcot akinson: akinsons Law. Buccan Books, 1996, BN 1568490151. [11] N.R. Malotaux: owpoint slis: Evolutionay Dlivy. 2001. http://www.malotaux.nl/nm/pf/evonto.pf. [12] E. Dijksta: ap: ogamming Consi as a Human Activity, 1965. Rpint in Classics in oftwa Engining. Youon ss, 1979, BN 0917072146. [13] W. A. hwhat: tatistical Mtho fom th Viwpoint of Quality Contol. Dov ublications, 1986. BN 0486652327. [14] W.E. Dming: Out of th Cisis. MT, 1986, BN 0911379010. [15] Knt Bck: Extm ogamming Explain, Aison Wsly, 1999, BN 0201616416. [16] http://www.sult-planning.com. [17] http://www.xtmpogamming.og. Ctificati van oftwa Tsts Eik van Vnnaal ins nig tij bstaan moglijkhn om j als tst t latn ctificn. Wom n tkn at tstn n vakgbi is gwon. Enigszins ustig bgonnn, is nu spak van n wa hauss in tstwl. E bstaat n twtal ctificingspogamma s, nl. CT (Ctifi oftwa Tsting ofssional) in Amika n ht EB (nfomation ystms Examination Boa) in st van wl. Momntl zijn wlwij s m an 4.000 tsts gctific op basis van EB, waaon uim 200 Nlans. Ht is intssant om t zin at zowl vanuit aanbis als vanuit lvancis n got intss bstaat voo ht ctificatitajct. En EB ctificaat btknt maktknning, n maatstaf voo bpaal bkwaamhn op vl tinn binnn CT n wot ook vlal gkoppl aan n caièstap. Ht EB tstctificati-pogamma is onvl in n ital nivau s: 1. Founation Ctificat 2. actition Ctificat 3. actition Diplom Ht Founation Ctificat is s n aantal jan opationl n bstaat uit n taining van i à vi agn afgslotn mt n xamn bstaan uit 40 mkuz vagn. Tijns ht Founation Ctificat wot lnm opgli n gtotst op ht gbi van tstpincips, tstfasing, viws, tsttchnikn, tstmanagmnt n tsttools. Tot zo n anhalf jaa gln most mn voo lnam aan n founation taining n xamn naa ht buitnlan. ins ht voojaa 2000 won ook cusussn n xamns vzog in Nlan oo mpov Quality vics (iaags taining), cntlijk zijn ook oltq n Quality Hous gstat mt EB Founation Ctificat taining n binnnkot zulln nog één of tw aanbis aan vist voowaan volon om taining t mogn vzogn. Kotom ook in Nlan aakt tstctificati sts m ingbug. n maat van it jaa zijn ook isn tn aanzin van ht actitions Ctificat finitif bkn gwon. Tijns z taining zal op basis van n omvangijk cas stuy n tsttajct motn won oolopn; mot n tststatgi won opgstl op basis van EEE 829, tstspcificati n tstscipts motn won opgstl op basis van gstuctu tchnikn, n tstassssmnt mt bhulp van TMM mot won uitgvo tc. Ht actitions Ctificat omvat n ngn- à tintal agn taining, afgslotn mt n xamn mt opn vagn. Tijns ht actitions Ctificat komn onwpn zoals tstmanagmnt (zo n ital agn), isico-managmnt, tchnikn (ook nonfunctional), viws n inspctis, tst pocss impovmnt, tsttools, n oganisati-aspctn aan o. n ht xamn wot gtotst op paktisch vaaighn tn aanzin van gnom onwpn. Momntl wot oo n aantal tainingsinstitutn ha gwkt aan totstankoming van n pactitions cusus i volot aan isn zoals z oo EB won gstl. Naa vwachting zulln st tainingn in ht tw kwataal 2002, ook in Nlan, bschikbaa zijn. Ht zal nog vn un vooal ht nivau actitions Diplom opationl is. Voolopig bin cht founation n pactition nivaus volon uitagingn. Ht EB tstctificatitajct bit moglijkhi om n ts tcaiè in t ichtn op basis van n xtn fntika!! Eik van Vnnaal v@impovqs.nl www.impovqs.nl/ctific.html www.isb.og.uk Januai 2002 agina 12
Koi lnai sssi: 6 fbuai 2002, Utcht Zalncntum Bologna, Matthias van Gunsgbouw Bolognalaan 2, 3584 JK Utcht Rcnt hbbn w las van ht CMM Capability Matuity Mol ntgat) gzin. Voo ign i at al ns bkkn hbbn, zal uilijk zijn at vl van is tn opzicht van ht vtouw oftwa CMM. Als blangijkst vaningn kunnn w aanmkn hinling van KA's (nu A s gnom), vijking van tails in bschijving van A's n vschilln psntatis i ht mol nu knt (continuous tgnov stag). Aan i laatst vaning willn w komn plnai mting noig aanacht bstn. Aangzin ht oftwa CMM stag psntati gbuikt, knnn w i natuulijk allmaal ht bst. Al jan zijn in wl van molln-maks stk voostans van n continuous psntati. W hbbn voo komn plnai mting n aantal psonn gvonn i al n tij lang bzig zijn mt ht CMM n al nagacht n giscussi hbbn ov ht gbuik van stag vsus continuous psntati. Op z avon zulln zij at mt in ln n ook iscussi v von. Vanaa at w voo z avon n an opzt gkozn hbbn: W bginnn mt n inliing om in vtouw t latn won mt blangijkst concptn van ht CMM. Daana zulln Hans Ats n Bn Lins vtlln wat vooln zijn van vschilln psntatis. Hina mogn lnms zlf in iscussi ov moglijk isico's i zij zin. W sluitn an af mt n plnai iscussi op basis van gïntific isico's. W hopn at mt kuz van ht onwp n opzt van avon n vuchtba iscussi ontstaat. nin u: En psntati ov it thma wilt vzogn, n/of Zitting wilt nmn in ht iscusipanl, mlt u an aan bij activititncoöinato van : Mak van Vln, mail: m.van..vln@quintgoup.com, tl.: 020-305 37 00. M infomati op wbsit van : www.st-spi.nl. Wkgopn Wkgop Tstpocsvbting & Onstaan n kot vslaggving van laatst bijnkomst. Bst Tstpocsvbtaa, D bijnkomst op 20 cmb was w gslaag! W zijn v ggaan mt vaagstlling zoals w ons voig bijnkomst gstl hbbn: Ho kan bhst won omggaan mt afstan tussn ontwikkling n tstn? Als st stap hbbn w n aantal paktijksituatis on oganisati van tstn bspokn (afkomstig uit onz ign paktijk). Him gaan w oo op wonsagavon 13 fbuai 2002. Op basis van z invntaisati gaan w omgvingsfacton bnomn i knmkn n intificn zijn voo lk van bspokn situatis. D volgn bijnkomst wot wom bij NQA in Viann ghoun. Ruim 2 wkn van t von ontvang j n fini-tiv uitnoiging. Contactpsoon: Dé Robbn mobil: 06-20 777 273 mail: obbn@iquip.nl Wkgop ntgal statgiën Onz volgn bijnkomst vint plaats op onag 14 fbuai vanaf 16:00 uu (locati nog nit bkn). D bijnkomst staat in ht tkn van Tstn n. Daanaast hft wkgop it jaa nog an intssant onwpn op agna staan: 11 apil: mplmntati inc2 13 juni : mplmntati tools 12 sptmb: in RAD omgving 14 novmb: D intgal aanpak D wkgop hft inmils sultatn van n voig si van bijnkomstn op DER wbsit gplaatst. Mocht j op- of aanmkingn hbbn op wbinfomati, laat ht mij an wtn. Zoon kunnn wij kwalitit van it glt van wbsit vhogn. Als j intss hbt voo activititn van wkgop nm an contact op mt Michl Rutgs van atns. Contactpsoon: Michl Rutgs tl.: 020-4197211 mail: michl.utgs@spipatns.nl. Wkgop Mtikn Contactpsoon: Hans Vonk tl.: 020-695 48 57, fax: 020-695 27 41 mail: Hans@mtic.nl Wkgop nvoingsstatgiën D Wkgop nvoingsstatgin icht zich in uim zin op all facttn i t makn hbbn mt ht invon van niuw wkwijzn. Blangijk aspctn zijn aabij ht ln van vaingn n mningn, ht bin van n klankbo voo ht bspkn van in n poblmn n ht volgn van niuw ontwikklingn op ht gbi van. D WG bstaat uit zo'n twintig ln. D ln komn 5 a 6 maal p jaa bijn op tlkns wissln locatis. D bijnkomstn bginnn altij om 16:00 n inign on Januai 2002 agina 13
Koi 20:00 n zijn inclusif n boojsmaal t vstking van inwnig mns. D bijnkomstn hbbn altij n onwp. D onwpn won oo één of m spks ngli, waana uimt is voo ign inbng n iscussi. D volgn onwpn zijn aabij on an aan bo gkomn: CE/O15504 ht inichtn van n vbtstuctuu invoing van planning & tacking ho mt j ht succss van n invoingsstatgi? invoing van quality assuanc CMM tst managmnt invoing van mtics Agna voo 2002: 22 januai, Amstam Onwp: Evaing mt onstuning van n nias CMM-L5 oganisati bij invoing van CMM in NL 19 maat, Einhovn 21 mi, Ruwijk 27 augustus, Banvl 15 oktob, Won 10 cmb, Einhovn (Onwpn volgn) ins kot hft WG ook n ign sit, t bikn on Wkgopn via hompag van, www.st-spi.nl. Op wbsit wot all lvant infomati (waaon gkozn onwpn) voo WG gpublic. Hb j blangstlling voo lnam aan WG, ml j an aan bij voozitt, Jal Mij. Wllicht tot zins! Contactpsoon: Jal Mij tlfoon: 06-28.27.3900 mail: mij@cconsultants.com Wkgop in Klin Oganisatis Contactpsonn: G Fisch, tl. 06 51 357 983 Tju Naus, tl: 0495-633221 -mail: Tju.Naus@nbg-inustial.nl Wkgop voo Emb oftwa Contactpsoon: Emil van Logt tl.: 040-295 77 77, fax: 040-295 76 30 mail: mil.van..logt@cmg.nl Niuwsbichtn CMM E/W/D vsi 1.1 vijggvn Op 11 januai jl. hft ht E vsi 1.1 van ht CMM vijggvn. Ht is t ownloan via E sit. Dz vsi is, nt als vsi 1.1 van ht W-CMM, bol om lang tij stabil t blijvn n als basis t gaan inn voo tokomstig assssmnts. D vschilln mt vsi 1.02 van cmb 2000 zijn nit hl g goot. En aantal onuilijkhn is opglost oo bt fomulingn. Wl is in pocss aas Rquimnts Dvlopmnt, Tchnical olution n ouct ntgation its m tkst opgnomn ov ht ontwikkln van n pouct achitctuu n signs. Daanaast zijn Gnic actics vl uilijk bschvn. Ht E hft tvns aangkonig, at p apil 2002 ht CMM nog zal won uitgbi mt "Acquisition". Ht mol gaat an htn: CMM E/W/D/A. ntnational oftwa Tsting Confnc D 3 Jaalijks ntnational oftwa Tsting Confnc 2001 hft plaatsgvonn in Bangalo van 23 novmb tot 24 novmb. ofssionals uit ht vakgbi stlln hun notitis ov tstmthoikn, uitagingn, tools, quality contol n an lvant softwa zakn t bschikking. nfomati ov z confnti, vslaglgging van psntatis oo bijwonn xpts.a. op sit: http://www.softwaioxi.com/tsting2001. ntouction to CMM cous in UK This cous is a p-quisit to th CBA La Asssso Taining, an is fully accit by CMU-E. Th th ay taining cous intoucs th CMM fiv lvl matuity scal an xplains all of th Ky ocss Aas to povi a complt ovviw of th concpts of th CMM. Voo m infomati ov cusus n/of inschijving, wbs it http://www.si.s/taining.cmmngl.pf, of E Taining vics, mail: taining@si.s tlfoon: 00 34 94 420 9519. oftwa & vics Nwsltt Cois hft n niuwsbif uitgbacht. Dz niuwsbif is n aanvulling op wbsit voo ht gbi Tchnologis an Engining of oftwa, ystms n vics. D niuwsbif is in pf fomaat t ownloan via wbsit: http://www.cois.lu/ist/ka4/tsss. CMM is: A pactical Appoach D Univsity of Califonia stat 4 fbuai in anta Claa, Califonia mt n si van 4 iniviul cusussn ov CMM, t wtn: ntouction to th CMM: tamlining th CMM fo Toay s Ooganizations. Focus on th CMM: mplmnting th Rquimnts Managmnt KA. Focus on th CMM: mplmnting th oftwa ojct an Tacking Ovsight KAs. Focus on th CMM: mplmnting th oftwa Configuation Managmnt KA. M infomati op wbsit: http://www.ucsc-xtnsion.u/main/q/citlist.taf?- function=tail&stat=0&x_numb=x466. Januai 2002 agina 14
Koi Evnmntnkaln D vnmntnkaln bvat n ovzicht van intnational confntis op ht gbi van, mtikn n softwapouctkwalitit. Daanaast zijn activititn van opgnomn. Ook national vnmntn op ht gbi van softwapouct- n pocsvbting kunnn in z vnmntnkaln won opgnomn. Mils Koi kan n oganisato van glat vnmntn n slct gop van gïntssn bikn. Voo commciël vnmntn zoals confntis, wokshops, lzingn n ansootig bijnkomstn vaagt acti n klin bijag in kostn. D volgn Koi zal volgns planning vschijnn in mi 2002. W vzokn u om aankonigingn voo vnmntnkaln uitlijk 14 apil bij acti t bzogn. Tussntijs aankonigingn zijn natuulijk altij wlkom voo wbsit! Januai 22 januai: Wkgop nvoingsstatgiën, Amstam Onwp: Evaing mt onstuning van n inias CMM-L5 oganisa- ti bij invoing van CMM in NL. Contactpsoon: Jal Mij tlfoon: 06-28.27.3900 mail: mij@cconsultants.com 29 januai: Wkgop voo Klin Oganisatis, Utcht ctaiaat: Tju Naus tlfoon: 0495-633221 mail: Tju.Naus@nbg-inustial.nl Fbuai/Maat 13 fbuai: Wkgop Tstpocsvbting & Contactpsoon: Dé Robbn mobil: 06-20 777 273 mail: obbn@iquip.nl 14 fbuai: Wkgop ntgal statgiën Contactpsoon: Michl Rutgs tl.: 020-4197211 mail: michl.utgs@spipatns.nl. fbuai/maat: EG, Asia ac nia: Tutoials - Fbuay 25-28, 2002 Confnc- Mach 1-2, 2002 Thailan: Tutoials - Mach 4-5, 2002 Austalia: Tutoials - Mach 7-8, 2002 ingapo: Tutoials - Mach 18-19, 2002 Confnc- Mach 20, 2002 China: Tutoials - Mach 20-21, 2002 Confnc- Mach 22, 2002 About th Confnc Th oftwa Engining ocss Goup Confnc (EG) is th laing intnational confnc fo softwa pocss pofssionals who champion th impovmnt of popl, pocss an tchnology fo softwa xcllnc in thi oganis ations. Concpt To sha bst pactics an paps acoss Asia ac an mutually bnfit fom th ich softwa xpinc of Asia ac acamia, inusty an govnmnt. val high matuity oganisations will gt a chanc to psnt thi laship to multipl auinc in th gion. Dict all submissions (by mail, fax o -mail) o fo any futh inquiy, plas contact: Ms. Amita C. ap, Confnc Manag, Quality Assuanc nstitut (nia) Lt., 1013-14A, Ansal Tows, 38, Nhu lac, Nw Dlhi - 110 019, NDA. E-mail: confncs@qaiinia.com Fax: +91-11-6218974 Tl: +91-11-6220580/6219792 URL: www.qaiinia.com 7 maat: Wkgop voo Klin Oganisatis, D Li ctaiaat: Tju Naus tlfoon: 0495-633221 mail: Tju.Naus@nbg-inustial.nl 18-22 maat: oftwa Dvlopmnt Confnc Niuw Zlan & Austalië, Wllington n Mlboun nfo: http://www.soft.com/sc2002 19 maat: Wkgop nvoingsstatgiën, Amstam Contactpsoon: Jal Mij tlfoon: 06-28.27.3900 mail: mij@cconsultants.com Apil 8 apil: Wkgop voo Klin Oganisatis ctaiaat: Tju Naus tlfoon: 0495-633221 mail: Tju.Naus@nbg-inustial.nl 9-12 apil: Euopan EG 2002, Amstam. Euopa s oftwa ocss mpovmnt () Confnc. nfo: http://www.spi.og/ocs/spgpog.pf 11 apil: Wkgop ntgal statgiën Onwp: mplmntati inc 2 Contactpsoon: Michl Rutgs tl.: 020-4197211 mail: michl.utgs@spipatns.nl. Januai 2002 agina 15
Koi Mi 21 mi: Wkgop nvoingsstatgiën, Amstam Contactpsoon: Jal Mij tlfoon: 06-28.27.3900 mail: mij@cconsultants.com 30 mi: Wkgop voo Klin Oganisatis ctaiaat: Tju Naus tlfoon: 0495-633221 mail: Tju.Naus@nbg-inustial.nl 2 hlft 2002: 13 juni: Wkgop ntgal statgiën Onwp: mplmntati tools 27 augustus: Wkgop nvoingsstatgiën, Banvl Contactpsoon: Jal Mij tlfoon: 06-28.27.3900 mail: mij@cconsultants.com 12 sptmb: Wkgop ntgal statgiën Onwp: in RAD omgving 15 oktob: Wkgop nvoingsstatgiën, Won Contactpsoon: Jal Mij tlfoon: 06-28.27.3900 mail: mij@cconsultants.com 14 novmb: Wkgop ntgal statgiën Onwp: D intgal aanpak Contactpsoon: Michl Rutgs tl.: 020-4197211 mail: michl.utgs@spipatns.nl. 10 cmb: Wkgop nvoingsstatgiën, Einhovn Contactpsoon: Jal Mij tlfoon: 06-28.27.3900 mail: mij@cconsultants.com Colofon D acti bstaat uit: Rnsk Hnzl, Nils Malotaux, Maatn Wijsman. Voo actis n vagn m.b.t. Koi kunt u zich wnn tot: Racti Koi, Rnsk Hnzl Luchthavnwg 81 234, 5657 EA Einhovn tl.: 040-252 52 92, fax: 040-257 21 95 mail: hnzl@visionconsot.nl nin u in tokomst n hinningsbicht wilt ontvangn ov atum van kopijsluiting, stuu an n - mail mt "opnam copylijst" naa acti@st-spi.nl. nfomati ov is t vinn op wbsit: www.st-spi.nl. Voo actis n bijagn op wbsit kunt u zich ichtn tot: Racti wb, Nils Malotaux mail: nils@malotaux.nl. Dz koi kwam tot stan mt mwking van Vision Consot N R Malotaux - Consultancy Dlnam in nin u actif wilt paticipn in n Koi in tokomst wilt ontvangn, kunt u zich aanmln als lnm in bij: ctaiaat tichting p/a Cantijn ctaiatn ostbus 2047, 4200 BA Goinchm tl.: 0183-62 00 66, fax: 0183-62 16 01 mail: info@st-spi.nl, wbs it: www.st-spi.nl. Aanmling kan ook via ht aanmlingsfomuli op wbsit van : www.st-spi.nl. Kijk glmatig op wbsit www.st-spi.nl voo actul wkgop mlingn n bijnkomstn. D wkgopn nvoingsstatgiën, in Klin Oganisatis n Mtikn hbbn lk n ign wbsit, i via www.st-spi.nl is t bikn. D activititn van won gsponso oo financiël bijagn van: QU CMG Atos Oigin nvantiv Quint Wllington Rwoo www.iquip.nl www.cmg.nl www.atosoigin.com www.invantiv.com www.quint.nl Januai 2002 agina 16