On 5/10/07, Erik Hemdal <erik@comprehensivepower.com> wrote:
>
> > I don't think you are going to find 'process in a box' and if
> > you did it
> > would not be likely to be the process you need. However, the more
> > expensive commercial offerings may come with a sales engineer
> > that will
> > make you describe the process you want and then show how to set it up
> > with their product - and perhaps even buy you some free
> > lunches during
> > this procedure... But, a slick sales pitch doesn't mean the results
> > will always be better.
>
> When people mention ClearCase, my mind wanders to the Rational Unified
> Process. If you want to adopt RUP, you can buy software pieces that all
> work together, along with training to teach your team how to fit your work
> to the process that the tools implement.
>
> I've been in situations where managers decide that the work involved in
> adopting a commercial integration like that is better than trying to craft
> one's own process. It leads to the notion, for better or worse, that
> there's a "process-in-a-box".
yup, i think that's what we're seeing here.
> But I've always had the best luck with a process that everyone contributes
> to and that everyone supports.
i agree and wish we could follow this path ;)
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Received on Thu May 10 22:22:41 2007