2 EQs for CM FAR Session- Team 1 4
3 EQs for CM FAR Session- Team 4 5
1 EXPLORATORY QUESTIONS FOR CM FAR SESSION – TEAM 2
Session: CM FAR Date & Time: Duration:
| ID | QUESTIONS | KPA REFERENCE | LISTEN FOR | TIME |
| T2/CM1 | How do you plan your configuration management activities for your project? | CM.CO.1 | Planning done according to organization level manuals and guidelines for CM | 2 |
| CM.AB.1 | Existence and role of SCCB | |||
| CM.AB.2 | Identification of Config Administrator | |||
| CM.AB.3 | CA allocated through PTOD, SCCB exists | |||
| CM.AC.1 | Project-level CM Plan | |||
| CM.AC.2 | Content of CM Plan | |||
| CM.AC.4 | Identification of Cis | |||
| CM.AC.6 | Baselining and Control of Cis | |||
| CM.AC.8 | Master List of Cis in spdb | |||
| How are you made aware of the status of CRs raised?(FU) | CM.AC.9 | Feedback on CRs, CR status | ||
| CM.AC.10 | Configuration Audit | |||
| T2/CM2 | How do you handle any change in your project? Who authorizes any major/minor change in requirements, design or already delivered code? (follow-up) | CM.AB.1 | Role of SCCB | 1 |
| CM.AC.5 | Use of CR form and tracking | |||
| CM.AC.6 | Baselining and Control of CIs | |||
| T2/CM3 | Who is responsible for any CM activities within your project? (follow-up) Is their any Configuration Controller? (follow-up) | CM.AB.2 | Role of CA in project | |
| How do you assign responsibilities to your SCM? (follow-up) | CM.AB.3 | CA allocated through PTOD, SCCB exists | ||
| T2/CM4 | How do you ensure that your team is capable of performing the CM activities? | CM.AB.4 | Training on CM for Configuration Administrator | 1 |
| Have they received any kind of training? (follow-up) | CM.AB.5 | Orientation of others | ||
| Do you document your CM activities within your Project Plan? (follow-up) | CM.AC.1 | Project level CM Plan | ||
| CM.AC.2 | Content of CM Plan | |||
| T2/CM5 | What is the accessibility of your code and project documents to your team and to other projects? Where do you keep your baselined documents and code? (follow-up) | CM.AC.3 | SPDB Version Control Tool Access control Archive access restricted | 0.5 |
| How do you identify your CIs and where do you define your CIs? (follow-up) | CM.AC.4 | Identification of CIs through CM Plan | ||
| How do you handle any minor change in requirements or in baselined items? (follow-up) | CM.AC.5 | Use of CR form and tracking | ||
| How do you baseline and control your CIs? (follow-up) | CM.AC.6 | Baselining and Control procedure | ||
| T2/CM6 | How do you ensure consistency of different work products across the life cycle of the project. | PE.AC.10 | XREF table | |
| T2/CM7 | How do you ensure that your team members are always using the right version of documents and code and not an obsolete one? | CM.AC.7 | Delivery from Release directory only Master List of CIs point to right location | 0.5 |
| How do you do status accounting of your CIs? (follow-up) | CM.AC.8 | Master List of CIs | ||
| Is it available to others also? (follow-up) | CM.AC.9 | Existence of Master List of CIs in SPDB | ||
| T2/CM8 | How do you measure the status of your CM activities? Do you collect any metric data for CM activities? (follow-up) | CM.ME.1 | Effort spent on CM activities CR turnaround time CI turnaround time | 1 |
| T2/CM7 | Who reviews CM activities in your project? | CM.VE.1 | Senior Management through ORM | 1 |
| CM.VE.2 | Project Manager (periodic & even-driven) | |||
| CM.VE.3 | Configuration audit using CI Audit Checklist | |||
| CM.VE.4 | Internal Audit, SQA Audit | |||
| Does the senior management or PM review the project specific CM activities? (follow-up) | CM.VE.1 | Senior Management through ORM | ||
| CM.VE.2 | Project Manager (periodic & even-driven) | |||
| How are the effectiveness and correctness of the CM activities reviewed? (follow-up) | CM.VE.4 | Configuration Audit, Internal Audit, SQA Audit | ||
| T2/CM8 | How are process improvement activities carried out in the organization ? | PC.AC.6 PC.AC.8 PC.AC.4 PC.AC.7 | Individual can raise CR to PI group SEPG reviews, approves, rejects CR Implements on pilot basis Organisation wide PDIP exists | |
| T2/CM9 | How are you made aware of new processes that have been implemented in the organization ? | PC.AC.9 PC.AC.10 | E-mail, BBS, MOM of SEPG Awareness Session, Workshop SPDB | |
| Give some instances |
| EQ # | EQ | KPA.CF.KP | Listen For | Time |
| T1 / CM 1 (Team 1 FU) | How do you manage and track the changes in client requirements? | RM.AC.3 PE.AC.2 PE.AC.3 PE.AC.7 PE.AC.10 PE.ME.2 | ∙Change control process ∙Change of project plan, test plans, traceability matrix ∙Scope document ∙SCCB | 2 |
| T1/CM2 | How do you manage and control different documents and codes pertaining to your area? | PP.AC.8 | ∙CMP as part of PMP following CMM ∙Baselining ∙Master list of CI ∙Cross Reference Table of CI ∙Access Control ∙Usage of Version Control tool ∙Component Cross Reference Table | 2 mins. |
| T1/CM3 | How are you made aware of any changes towards project schedule or project organization? | PT.AC.4 | ∙New Release Mails ∙Discuss with team members about the changes in PMP, Schedule, PTOD in PM meeting | 2 mins. |
| T1/CM4 | What steps do you follow to make changes in your CI ? ? | IM.AC.2 | ∙As per CM Plan (Part of PMP) as per CM Manual ∙Inform PM / CA to check out previous version ∙Project CM administrator ∙Checking out of Archive by CA / PM ∙Make changes ∙Reviews and approval ∙Master List of CIs ∙Component Cross Reference Table | 1 min. |
| EQ # | EQ | KPA.CF.KP | Listen For | Time |
| T4/CM1 | WYPD how DP activities are planned and carried out at project level? FU Can you share with us some examples where DP activities has resulted in improvement | DP.AB.2 DP.CO.1 DP.CO.2 DP.AB.1 DP.AC.1 DP.AC.2 DP.AC.3 DP.AC.4 DP.AC.7 DP.VE.1 DP.VE.2 | ∙PM & Project DP Coordinator responsible for DP activities at project level ∙Overall DP coodinator ∙DP Council ∙DP meetings scheduled as part of QMP ∙As per Project DP Plan ∙Organization wide DP Plan ∙Phase Kick Off meetings/ MR Kick off meeting ∙Project team meetings, scheduled as part of PMP, discuss DP activities & quantitative goals ∙Casual Analysis Meeting ∙Phase End ∙Defect metrics analyzed based on ∙Defect database ∙Previous data for the project ∙impact of defect ∙frequency of occurance of defect type and root cause ∙cost of implementing process improvement for DP ∙impact of not addressing it ∙Based on the analysis, as per DP Manual and Root Cause Analysis Guideline appropriate corrective/preventive actions are formulated ∙These are prioritized & timelines drawn ∙Responsibilities assigned ∙Implemented ∙Tracked ∙Action items are tracked by Project DP Rep ∙DP group evaluates the effectiveness of these corrective/preventive actions ∙Revisions to the project level processes are carried out as per Guidelines for Tailoring the project ∙Suggestions from DP Council received based on practices in other projects ∙DP activities are discussed in PMR/ DP Council meeting ∙DP activities at project level audited along with internal audits | 2 |
| T4/CM2 | What do you know about TCM activities in Co. FU Were you part of any pilot initiatives or have you benefited for any of the TCM initiatives FU WYPD any instance of any TCM workproduct used in your project | TM.AB.1 TM.AC.6 TM.AC.3 IC.AC.5 | ∙TMG ∙Pilot ∙QA tools ∙Issue organizer ∙Prototypes ∙Java adapter (GTA uses it) ∙Chinese editor ∙PDA application ∙SVG (Scalar vector Graphic) ∙Part of IGC ∙TCM Workshops and communication through Co. BBS ∙Case sheets in SPDB ∙Productivity improved ∙Workproduct reviewed before put to use | 2 mins. |
