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Any time I come across that makes me respect CMU more, I'm uncomfortably reminded of their continued association with the SEI and CMMI. Yes it came out of CMU,

by litmus 12y ago

Any time I come across that makes me respect CMU more, I'm uncomfortably reminded of their continued association with the SEI and CMMI. Yes it came out of CMU, yes it's a cash cow, yes things like healthcare.gov show how CMMI compliance are crucial to creating quality software. Okay yeah the last thing not so much. Seriously, it's marketing snake oil and its creating wasteful barriers to entry for companies thinking of creating innovative user-friendly government software. And it can't die fast enough. I know its probably not high on this dean's priority list, but if I were a CMU student I'd be embarrassed that my university was associated a pseudo-serious institution that makes claims vastly exceeding what the scientific method can conclude given the data they present. The gap between their projected air of authority and their obliviousness to the limits of their methodology should make any engineer-oriented person uneasy. Yes there are probably some smart people in the SEI with interesting war stories and such but the whole certification thing has got to go. Most of you in start-ups probably never heard of CMMI. This is generally a good thing.

doktrin 12y ago
I work in the CERT division at the SEI. I have no idea what CMMI stands for, and I'm not even sure what it actually is [1]. If I hadn't heard it mentioned in passing once or twice over the last year, I would be even more clueless. What I would like my perspective to convey, is that the SEI is a relatively large institution. I am aware there is some methodology-type work being done, but I've never met anyone who is engaged with it. For what it's worth, I think the SEI handles some interesting R&D. It's not all sunshine and rainbows, but in my experience it compares favorably to the startup world in terms of dynamism and engineering challenges. [1] So, I did end up googling it, and it turns out CMMI was handed off to a dedicated institute and is no longer managed or developed by the SEI. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/cmmi/ http://www.sei.cmu.edu/cmmi/

by litmus 12y ago

doktrin 12y ago

I work in the CERT division at the SEI. I have no idea what CMMI stands for, and I'm not even sure what it actually is [1]. If I hadn't heard it mentioned in passing once or twice over the last year, I would be even more clueless. What I would like my perspective to convey, is that the SEI is a relatively large institution. I am aware there is some methodology-type work being done, but I've never met anyone who is engaged with it. For what it's worth, I think the SEI handles some interesting R&D. It's not all sunshine and rainbows, but in my experience it compares favorably to the startup world in terms of dynamism and engineering challenges. [1] So, I did end up googling it, and it turns out CMMI was handed off to a dedicated institute and is no longer managed or developed by the SEI. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/cmmi/ http://www.sei.cmu.edu/cmmi/