How many projects need to be appraised?
Enough such that the projects chosen can represent the organization to which the appraisal results and process improvement recommendations will apply. Within this includes “Focus Projects” (FP) and “Non-Focus Projects” (NFP) What are or are not FPs or NFPs has to do with how much of your development life cycle the projects cover as well as whether the projects came before or after the processes that are being evaluated. Specifically, the question of Focus Projects and Non-Focus Projects is almost entirely moot when using the Continuous Representation for the model implementation and appraisal AND there are no project management process areas being appraised. Our good friend, SEI Visiting Scientist, a Lead Appraiser’s Lead Appraiser, and super-nice-guy Judah Mogilensky, of Process Enhancement Partners, provided this explanation: …Okay, FPs and NFPs: This is really a formalization of something that has often gone on, and it is prompted by the need to have “at least 3 instances of each
