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CMMI Articles/Presentations - SAM
*Supplier Agreement Management (SAM)
Definition of SAM Summary The purpose of Supplier Agreement Management (SAM) (CMMI-DEV) is to manage the acquisition of products and services from suppliers.
The CMMI® is an integrated set of best practices that improve performance and key capabilities for any organization that wants to develop better products, components, and services.
https://seir.sei.cmu.edu *All models are wrong, but some are useful *We think CMMI is one of the most useful *We do a much better job when processes are documented and followed *However, for this presentation, we will examine the problems that companies face in meeting contractual requirements for CMMI compliance
https://seir.sei.cmu.edu Finding the Right Supplier First three Specific Practices under Supplier Agreement Management SP 1.1 Determine Acquisition Type SP 1.2 Select Suppliers SP 1.3 Establish Supplier Agreements
Introduction “Improved cost information needed to make billion dollar modernization investment decisions” is the report title identifying the problems faced by a major purchasing organization. The cost information relates to software development; the organization is the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) in the United States (US).
https://www.infoq.com/news/2013/05/scrum-project-mgmt-cmmi In the article can scrum help to improve a project management process, Javier Garzás and Mark C. Paulk explore how Scrum and the project management process areas of the Capability Maturity Model Integration for Development (CMMI-DEV) are related:
http://www.javiergarzas.com Abstract: Scrum has emerged as one of the most popular agile methods. Currently, CMMI-DEV is the de-facto framework for software process improvement and for determining the organizational maturity of software development companies. This paper focuses on the relationships between Scrum and Project Management process areas of CMMI-DEV 1.3, and how there is great synergy between Scrum with CMMI-DEV.
http://www.isaca.org/ Purpose ◦ This publication on vendor management provides additional and more detailed practical guidance and facilitates the vendor management process for IT and business professionals.
https://www.slideshare.net Vendors • A vendor is a third party that supplies products or services to an enterprise. • Most enterprises seek external vendor support for assistance with operations for one of the following reasons: – Vendor expertise – Vendor capacity – Vendor assuming risk – Vendor leveraging scale
https://www.researchgate.net Abstract Supply chain management (SCM) adopts a systematic and integrative approach to managing the operations and relationships among the different parties in supply chains. Various research studies have investigated how quality management can be employed in SCM to improve the performance of the whole supply network. With the Six-Sigma improvement methodology, a model for the assessment, improvement, and control of quality in SCM is developed.
https://www.isixsigma.com When to involve suppliers in a Six Sigma initiative is a topic that comes up in every organization that has made the commitment to improve. “We are only as good as our suppliers.” This statement by Göran Lande, quality manager at Sony Ericcson, at a recent Six Sigma conference, sums up the situation.
http://counselytics.com I still remember 2001, when I was a purchaser in a global company and I had to work on contracts. If there was one thing we did not lack, it was contracts. Price agreements, delivery contracts, tooling contracts… all archived (a nice way of saying forgotten) in cabinets.
