This assignment consists of two ( 2 ) sections : an improvement plan and a PowerPoint presentation . You must submit the two ( 2 ) sections as separate files for the completion of this assignment . Label each file name according to the section of the assignment it is written for .
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 / cgibin / 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 .