Process Improvement at the Edges

Process improvement is a well-established business competitiveness strategy for medium and larger enterprises in a number of industries critical to the global economy. But process improvement is challenging “at the edge” especially for very small organizations and in multi-organization collaborations common in systems of –systems settings. At both of these edges, there are challenges. Some of these are different, but some are surprisingly similar. SuZ Garcia has successfully worked on process improvement “in the small” and is now translating strategies from small and traditional settings into systems of-systems. She will share insights on approaching CMMI® and other model-based improvements drawn particularly from small settings, and show how solutions from the very small are supporting improvement in the very large.