The People Capability Maturity Model: Guidelines for Improving the Workforce (Sei Series in Software Engineering) - Tapa dura

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Software organizations face extraordinary challenges in attracting, motivating, organizing, developing, and retaining quality technical professionals. This book introduces the SEI's People Capability Maturity Model (P-CMM), a comprehensive, five-level framework for improving workforce practices which draws upon today's best human resources and organizational development processes. The P-CMM's creators show how to characterize the maturity of any organization's workforce practices, guide a program of continuous workforce development, set priorities for immediate action, integrate workforce development with process improvement, and establish a culture of software engineering excellence. Coverage includes: communication, staffing, performance management, training, compensation, knowledge and skills analysis, workforce planning, competency development, career development, mentoring and coaching, team building, organizational competency management, organizational performance alignment, and continuous workforce innovation.

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Attracting and retaining talented people is the key to any organization's success. Every organization needs to continually improve its ability to attract, develop, motivate, organize, and retain the workforce needed to accomplish its strategic business objectives. The People Capability Maturity Model® (People CMM®) is a framework for successfully addressing strategic workforce issues. This framework, as documented in this authoritative book, is a guide to help organizations achieve the following:

• Establish an integrated system of workforce practices that is aligned with current and future business objectives
• Characterize the maturity of workforce practices
• Guide a program of continuous workforce development
• Set priorities for improvement actions
• Integrate workforce development with process improvement
• Become an employer of choice

After describing the rationale and evolution of the People CMM, the book details the model, which describes practices for the following:

• Improving individual capability
• Developing effective work groups and organizational culture
• Motivating, managing, and quantifying performance
• Shaping the workforce to meet current and future organizational needs

Case studies provide proof that implementation of the People CMM leads to effective, repeatable, and lasting success in developing a workforce that is able to effectively execute an organization's business.