SMU SE – LMMFCCollaboration Project

Task 1Approach and Process

Systems Engineering ProgramEngineering Management, Information and Systems Department

School of EngineeringSouthern Methodist University

March 9, 2006

Task 1 Approach and Process 2

Problem Statement

• Make specific recommendations as the application of LEAN methods in the development of LMMFC organizational processes to satisfy the Level 5 requirements.

• Make specific recommendations as the application of other initiatives (such as Six Sigma) in the development of LMMFC organizational processes to satisfy the Level 5 requirements.

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Content

1. SMU Process Flow Chart and Description

2. Excel Spreadsheet with Initiatives Identified and Support Documentation

3. QFD Matrix with Initiatives Identified

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Section 1 SMU Process Flow Chart and

Description

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Flow Chart of the SMU Process

Identify an initiative that has potential to apply to Maturity

Level 5: Optimizing

Perform literature survey of initiative – web, books,

magazines, conferences, professional organizations,

corporate literature

Document using the Documentation Tab

Format

Does initiative relate to a CMMI Level 5:

Optimization Practice

Add Results to the CMMI Table and Add Pertinent References

No

Yes

Literature survey complete

Yes

No

Identify the status of initiative: current or

emerging

Document Results and Provide Recommendations

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Select an Initiative

• It has potential to apply to Maturity Level 5: Optimizing.– Selection Criteria

• May provide incremental and innovative improvement of the organization’s:

– Processes and/or– Technologies

• May provide guidelines and recommendations for identifying causes of defects and other problems

• May provide guidelines and recommendations for defect prevention.

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Document the Initiative

• Determine the main category in which the initiative is representative, i.e., quality, management, production, design engineering, reliability, etc.

• Describe the central idea of the initiative.• History

– Start year– Created by– Companies who have used it successfully

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Document the Initiative (cont.)

• List of key elements of initiative– Describe key element– Describe benefits of each key element

• Describe how the initiative relates to a specific CMMI Level 5 Goal and Practice.– Specify which CMMI Level 5 Goal and Practice to

which it relates.

• Document whether the initiative status is current or emerging.

• Document the group reference number and reference information.

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Document the Initiative (cont.)

• If the information relates to a CMMI Level 5 practice, enter the reference number in the Excel spreadsheet, CMMI Level 5 Initiative Identification Table.

• Enter the reference data in the Reference tab data sheet.

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Section 2 CMMI Initiatives Identification

Spreadsheet

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Initiatives• The identified initiatives include:

– Production/Manufacturing• Lean

– Quality• Six Sigma

– Engineering• Axiomatic Design

– Emerging Technologies• Systematic Innovation• Systems Engineering Innovations• PHM Applications to Product Development• Enterprise Systems Engineering

– Enterprise• Intrapreneurship

– Business/Technology• Innovation

– Tools• Product Development Process Analysis & Optimization

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CMMI Initiatives Idenfication Spreadsheet

• The excel spreadsheet includes– Identified initiatives– References– Process flow chart– Documentation completed for each initiative

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Section 3QFD Spreadsheet

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CMMI ML5 OverviewOptimizing

Organizational Innovation and Deployment

Causal Analysis and Resolution

SG1 – Select ImprovementSP1.1 – Collect and Analyze

Improvement ProposalsSP1.2 – Identify and Analyze

InnovationsSP1.3 – Pilot ImprovementsSP1.4 – Select Improvements for

DeploymentSG2 – Deploy Improvements

SP2.1 – Plan the DeploymentSP2.2 – Manage the DeploymentSP2.3 – Measure the

Improvement EffectsGG3 – Institutionalize a Defined

ProcessGP2.1 – GP2.10, GP3.1 – GP3.2

SG1 – Determine Causes of DefectsSP1.1 – Select Defects for

AnalysisSP1.2 – Analyze Causes

SG2 – Address Causes of DefectsSP2.1 – Implement the Action

ProposalsSP2.2 – Evaluate the Effect of

ChangesSP2.3 – Record Data

GG3 – Institutionalize a Defined Process

GP2.1 - GP2.10, GP3.1 – GP3.2

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Flowdown of ML5 Specific Goals and Practices

Focus of study is on the Identification of Initiatives, Methods, and Tools and the corresponding

Relationships that support the achievement of Goals and Practices for CMMI ML5