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2 The Age of Process: Applying a Historical Perspective to the Present Day
Author(s) -
Pajerek Lorraine
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.1999.tb00256.x
Subject(s) - maturity (psychological) , capability maturity model , process (computing) , perspective (graphical) , product (mathematics) , government (linguistics) , new product development , process management , computer science , engineering , software , political science , marketing , business , law , mathematics , artificial intelligence , programming language , operating system , linguistics , philosophy , geometry
We are in the midst of a period in systems and software engineering that strongly emphasizes the importance of process . Process maturity has been extensively analyzed and codified, and the goal of process maturity has become pervasive throughout industry, government, and the academe. It may seem at times that more attention is paid to the process used to produce a product, than to the product itself. This paper examines the background experiences that led to the development of process maturity models, and deconstructs some of the arguments that have been posited, both for and against. By looking back at the road we have travelled thusfar, we can glean some lessons that may be applied to the path we travel in the future.