How to blend CMMI and Scrum? [closed]

Answer 1

On EuroStar 2009 conference Gittie Ottosen spoke about how they do agile at their company. What's impressive is that this company Systematic is creating software for air-crafts, military etc. They do it in compliance with CMMI 5, ISO 9001 and AQAP 150&2110. So I guess agile can be applied to systems with high regulations. Maybe try to look up that presentation, and try to get more info from him.

Answer 2

I just happen to find a blog on this exact topic: Agile CMMI blog

A starting point for a discussion on marrying Agile methods and CMMI.

It links to several articles

• Agile CMMI: No Oxymoron
• Agile Programming and the CMMI: Irreconcilable Differences?

It found the whole of interest so I decided to share it here.

Answer 3

Another recent article providing real life experience on this topic is "Mature Scrum at Systematic", co-writtent by Carsten Ruseng Jakobsen, Jeff Sutherland

Answer 4

Another interesting Jeff Sutherland's paper on that subject is "Scrum and CMMI Level 5: The Magic Potion for Code Warriors"

Is is said : "Results show that projects combining Agile Methods with CMMI 5 are more successful in producing higher quality software that more effectively meets customer needs at a faster pace."

If you can read french, here's a very good article on that subject : Synergies entre CMMI et les Méthodes Agiles

Answer 5

See short but detailed comparison at http://www.processgroup.com/pgpostmar09.pdf

Answer 6

In addition to the previously mentioned documents, I found another one: Agile Methods and CMMI: Compatibility or Conflict? The emphasis of this paper is on Extreme Programming (XP) and how its methods can be applied within an organization attempting to remain compliant with the CMMI framework. Although it isn't Scrum, it might be an interesting read.