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Section 1: Improvement Plan
Suppose you are working as a senior software development manager in a software house. The
company develops custom software for clients. In one of the development projects, a
postmortem analysis reveals that a particular developer out of a team of five (5) was
responsible for the major failure of the developed software product. This has caused the
project to run 20% behind schedule and exceed its monetary budget by 30%. Initial estimates
point to an additional twelve (12) weeks from the original 36-week effort to correct the failures.
You have been asked by your supervisor to create an improvement plan to address these issues
using the People Capability Maturity Model (P-CMM). The P-CMM model is available at the
following URL:http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA512354.
Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:
Evaluate the key practices and improvement activities from the people capability maturity
model and recommend the practices you would use to address the software failure.
Describe an appropriate strategy for implementing the recommended improvement activities
that you have identified.
Explain how to measure the return on the company investment after applying the key practices
and improvement activities.
Use at least two (2) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites
do not qualify as quality resources.
Section 1 of this assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all
sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s
name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
Section 2: PowerPoint Presentation