Can 'Soft' Organisational Problems be solved by 'Hard' Process Reference Models?

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Tuffley, D
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2013
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Process Reference Models (PRM) and their associated Assessment Models (PAM) are best known for their application to well-defined input-process-output work-flows in the Systems and Software Engineering domains. Model-based process improvement (MBPI) is now well-established as a discipline within that domain. Arguably though, MBPI can be applied successfully to multiple domains. The question has been to find a way. This paper discusses a mature Process Reference Model and Assessment Model for the leadership of complex virtual teams, developed in accordance with the recognized standards (ISO/IEC 15504 [8] and ISO/IEC 24774 [9]), ...
View more >Process Reference Models (PRM) and their associated Assessment Models (PAM) are best known for their application to well-defined input-process-output work-flows in the Systems and Software Engineering domains. Model-based process improvement (MBPI) is now well-established as a discipline within that domain. Arguably though, MBPI can be applied successfully to multiple domains. The question has been to find a way. This paper discusses a mature Process Reference Model and Assessment Model for the leadership of complex virtual teams, developed in accordance with the recognized standards (ISO/IEC 15504 [8] and ISO/IEC 24774 [9]), yet which is applied to difficult 'soft' organisational problems. Earlier work on this topic focused on how to develop a PRM in soft, organisational contexts [1]. This paper focuses on the derived Process Assessment Model which has had a three-level Capability Dimension added to the existing Performance Dimension, and with associated work-products identified. It reports on preliminary trials at Griffith University.
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View more >Process Reference Models (PRM) and their associated Assessment Models (PAM) are best known for their application to well-defined input-process-output work-flows in the Systems and Software Engineering domains. Model-based process improvement (MBPI) is now well-established as a discipline within that domain. Arguably though, MBPI can be applied successfully to multiple domains. The question has been to find a way. This paper discusses a mature Process Reference Model and Assessment Model for the leadership of complex virtual teams, developed in accordance with the recognized standards (ISO/IEC 15504 [8] and ISO/IEC 24774 [9]), yet which is applied to difficult 'soft' organisational problems. Earlier work on this topic focused on how to develop a PRM in soft, organisational contexts [1]. This paper focuses on the derived Process Assessment Model which has had a three-level Capability Dimension added to the existing Performance Dimension, and with associated work-products identified. It reports on preliminary trials at Griffith University.
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Conference Title
Communications in Computer and Information Science
Volume
349 CCIS
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Other engineering not elsewhere classified