We have passed the pre appraisal phase of the CMMi evaluation and have scored fairly bad , fairly bad is not the same as bad "Bad" but at the same time that not good either.
Subtly put the visible outcomes of the pre appraisal process were: We (read the team members) were correctly classified as having no interests whatsoever in maintaining meticulous documents detailing how we eventually managed to code something that passed all the unit tests but failed in PIT.
K-gyan: PIT acronym for Pre Installation testing, it is essentially the one that is done prior to install… duh…
We were also given an ultimatum to get the processes in shape, for which a regime that could put Vandana Luthra to shame was designed and implemented, and our manager saw to it that we stuck to the regime.
K-gyan: Vandana Luthra: owner of VLCC, the lady who lost has the golden system that could change an elephant to say an Ostrich… Why such a weird comparison, see it to know it.
We now begin the day by paying a tribute to Quality, the Q-factor that is responsible for many of the employees in our office getting paid; personally I know the names of 3 such people. They are so green that they go ahead and even write “Quality Pays” on the slides that they prepare and get away with it. I got into trouble for promoting an MLM in one such slide of mine and was given an hour long lecture on “Code of conducts”…
K-gyan: MLM acronym for Multi Level marketing: in simpler words, I join a system , u join under me, your friend joins under you, I take all of your money and u take your friends money… the last person to join the matrix is a fool.
So much for the visible effects, the lesser known effects metaphorically put is that our manager has now reduced the amount of cotton he used to put in his ears.
K-gyan: No K-gyan here… that would deter people with single digit I.Q’s from visiting my blog in future.
So now the team is fairly ready for the appraisal, but the decision still hangs in balance whether our project would be considered for appraisal or we would be shown the boot, what ever is the fate, we are ready for it.
I happened to look up the experience of the lead assessor who would be assessing our project. You can have a look at his resume here. I was impressed by his qualification, but I pity his wife. (Double digit IQ required… second level filter).
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