SPICE project manager around town with some of the conference delegates.
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Carol Dekkers is president of Quality Plus Technologies Inc., and is a key advisor to senior management internationally. She has been instrumental in the design and implementation of successful measurement and function point programs in leading Fortune 500 companies. Carol is project editor for ISO/IEC 14143–5 Determination of Functional Domains. Ms Dekkers was honoured by the American Society for Quality (ASQ) as one of the 21 New Voices of Quality for the 21st Century.
Dekkers handed out stickers before the keynote. Delegates were asked to choose three. More of that later ..!
Project kickoff: First impressions are important – you are ‘on stage’. Offence and defence is normal stance. We need to be consistent. What the percentage breakdown between verbal and visual in in-person communication? well it 7% verbal and 93% visual. What about email? 75% verbal 25% visual. And on the phone – 95% verbal 5% visual. Communication methods are being shifted around. Shyness – over 88% of people are ‘shy’ in meetings. It is increasing as we are meeting less face-to-face.
What about the stickers? What is it for? If I take a sticker will I win the Mercedes? Dekkers asks delegates to interview each other ‘why did you choose your stickers?.
Time up ! Stop ! Quiet ! What did you just do? So you asked about the stickers – but you didn't ask about the person and their position? So you talked about what interests are? When you walk across the office floor, in a kick off meeting. ‘’Good morning, this is Alec Dorling he is a world leader in assessments, he has made xxxx assessments and now we would like to do this and that.’’ We get introduced by name, rank and serial number.
What did you discover. ‘’Resources allocated to this task was inadequate (Kitson says)! – joking apart – we discovered things about people. We need to deal with people as people.
Types of project requirements: We present requirements to users ‘un filtered Why are we using 400 pound concrete?
What is a network? A spider web that coordinates connections and relationship. The world is a network of relationships. Dekkers passes round a sheet to be completed. Relationships are a fundamental need. If you have a sheet, take a look at it. See if you can find a person to sign an item on the sheet. So how many you can get in one minute.
Stop!! How many got every square signed? How many got 4 signed? Anyone have more than 2 children under age 6? Does anyone consider them an expert fisherman? All change. All those on who have x, y, z on first row. Second row if you know an African language (e.g. African English), you have attended a CMMi course, …, …How many can you get signed now?
Stop! If you are in the first 3 rows, stay where you are! This is very interesting. Someone has all but two signed. Amazing. Why? because we knew where to go. Networking – key to success. It is incredibly powerful. Collective corporate knowledge is vital. Its a small world. No – its a world of billions of people, but they are are not moving about. Very few are active moving around.
Learning to learn: Visual, Audio, Kinesthetic
Thanks to Carol for an interactive keynote!
Alec Dorling, podcasting live from SPICE 2005 talks to Karl Wagner from Society of Process Management about the new 'Process Award'
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The SPICE girls Manuela Riebel, Ines Steinbauer and Birgitte Gauster, students helping out with the administration of the conference.
and with Kertin Jorgi the 4th SPICE girl.
Thanks for all the help – from the SPICE 2005 committee and delegates.
Alec Dorling talks to Joc Sanders, one of the originators of the SPICE project, recalling some memories about the project. The first ISO meeting was held in Dublin hosted by Joc Sanders when he was working at the Centre for Software Engineering in Dublin. Ireland.
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Marty Sanders talks to Alec Dorling about her current research work with SMEs in Ireland.
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The SPICE Trials were designed to validate the developing standard, specifically in terms of its coverage, applicability and usability. In addition, the Trials were aimed at providing initial evidence on the benefits accruing from use of the standard, and in identifying the meaningfulness, repeatability and comparability of assessment results.
To fit in with the differing delivery schedules of the various products and with the ISO review stages, a phased approach was adopted for the trials. Three phases were identified with different goals:
- Phase 1: Design decision and usability testing of the core products - TR 15504 Parts 2, 3, 4 and 5
- Phase 2: Product integration and repeatability testing - covering the full product set.
- Phase 3: Validation of overall SPICE Project goals and standards requirements.
Read the full story to learn about the individual Phases
Process Reference Models may be developed outside of the ISO standardization providing they meet certain requirements for conformity and compliance. Process Reference Models exist or are already under development in the areas of:
- Software lifecycle processes – through ISO/IEC 12207 AMD1/2
- System lifecycle processes – through ISO/IEC 15288
- Human centered lifecycle processes - through ISO 18529
- Component-based development processes – through the OOSPICE project
- IT service management processes - through ISO/IEC 20000
- Quality management system processes - through SPICE for 9000 (S9K)
- Automotive embedded software – an initiative of The Procurement Forum and The SPICE User Group with the major European car manufacturers - through Automotive SPICE ,
- Medical device software - through the Medi SPICE initiative
The SPICE User Group is a non profit membership organisation.
The SPICE User Group has a liaison status with ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7 WG10. Members have access to the standards under development.
The main objectives of the SPICE User Group are to:
- act as a leadership forum for existing and potential users of ISO/IEC 15504 and related standards, models, methods and tools.
- promote the practical and beneficial use of ISO/IEC 15504 and related standards, models, methods and tools in achieving higher levels of business performance.
- contribute to the development of and provide user feedback on the use of ISO/IEC 15504 and related standards, models, methods and tools.
- sustain commitment and enhance skills in the use of ISO/IEC 15504 and related standards, models, methods and tools through an active programme of networking, information exchange and support.
- provide user confidence in claims of compatibility and conformance to requirements of ISO/IEC 15504.
