SMU SE – LMMFC
Collaboration Project
Task 1
Approach and Process
Systems Engineering Program
Engineering Management, Information and Systems Department
School of Engineering
Southern Methodist University
March 9, 2006
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
No
Yes
Identify the status of
initiative: current or
emerging
Add Results to the
CMMI Table and Add
Pertinent References
No
Document Results and
Provide Recommendations
Yes
Literature
survey complete
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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
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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 3
QFD Spreadsheet
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CMMI ML5 Overview
Optimizing
Organizational Innovation and
Deployment
SG1 – Select Improvement
SP1.1 – Collect and Analyze
Improvement Proposals
SP1.2 – Identify and Analyze
Innovations
SP1.3 – Pilot Improvements
SP1.4 – Select Improvements
for Deployment
SG2 – Deploy Improvements
SP2.1 – Plan the Deployment
SP2.2 – Manage the
Deployment
SP2.3 – Measure the
Improvement Effects
Causal Analysis and
Resolution
SG1 – Determine Causes of Defects
SP1.1 – Select Defects for
Analysis
SP1.2 – Analyze Causes
SG2 – Address Causes of Defects
SP2.1 – Implement the Action
Proposals
SP2.2 – Evaluate the Effect of
Changes
SP2.3 – Record Data
GG3 – Institutionalize a Defined
GG3 – Institutionalize a Defined
Process
Process
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GP2.1 – GP2.10, GP3.1 – GP3.2
GP2.1 - GP2.10, GP3.1 – GP3.2
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
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