Establish and maintain plans for deploying selected process and technology improvements.

The plans for deploying selected process and technology improvements may be included in the organization’s plan for organizational innovation and deployment or they may be documented separately.

An acquirer’s plans for deploying improvements may include openly sharing most process knowledge and expertise with its suppliers. Any process related knowledge that the acquirer or one of its suppliers possesses is viewed as accessible to virtually any other supplier in the acquirer’s supply chain (perhaps with the exception of a direct competitor).

The implementation of this specific practice complements the Deploy Organizational Process Assets specific practice in the Organizational Process Focus process area and adds the use of quantitative data to guide the deployment and to determine the value of improvements with respect to quality and process-performance objectives.

Refer to the Organizational Process Focus process area for more information about deploying organizational process assets.

This specific practice plans the deployment of selected process and technology improvements. The Plan the Process generic practice addresses comprehensive planning that covers the specific practices in this process area.

Typical Work Products

1.    Deployment plans for selected process and technology improvements

Subpractices

1.    Determine how each process and technology improvement must be adjusted for organization-wide deployment.

Process and technology improvements proposed in a limited context (e.g., for a single project) might need to be modified to work across the organization.

2.    Determine the changes needed to deploy each process and technology improvement.

3.    Identify strategies that address potential barriers to deploying each process and technology improvement.

4.    Establish measures and objectives for determining the value of each process and technology improvement with respect to the organization’s quality and process-performance objectives.

Refer to the Measurement and Analysis process area for more information about establishing objectives for measurement and analysis, specifying measures and analyses to be performed, obtaining and analyzing measures, and reporting results.

5.    Document the plans for deploying selected process and technology improvements.

6.    Review and get agreement with relevant stakeholders on the plans for deploying selected process and technology improvements.

7.    Revise the plans for deploying selected process and technology improvements as necessary.