Index_I

D

Dangling carrot principle, 276

DAR, see Decision Analysis and Resolution

Data

aggregated, 241

attribute, 244

bad example of collecting, 94

collection, 56, 109, 242

consistent, 239

defect, 92

forms of, 266

-gathering templates, 177

historical, 245, 255

inconsistent, 240

Management Plan, 53

manual collection of, 94

metrics, inconsistent, 227

mining, 266

peer review, 92

plotting, 266

reporting, 238

representing, 238

sufficiency, 135, 136

variable, 244

Verification, 226

Database(s)

-driven claims processing system, 74

measurement, 111

Decision, 2

go/no-go, 100, 156

-making evaluation process, 84

Decision Analysis and Resolution (DAR), 65, 83, 222

process area, 80

purpose of, 83

Defect

category, 220

data, 92

density, 135

models, 268

occurrence, 101

Defined process, 36

Delphi Technique, 63, 64

Deming, W. Edwards, 5

Department of Defense (DoD), 5

-based organization, 166

clients , well-known term for, 60

environment, operations concept, 68

organizations, CMM criticism and, 123

standards written for, 170

Design

phase, initial steps for, 154

PPB elements for, 259

procedures, 174

processes, 70

Specification, 11

Development, definition of, 22

DI, see Directing Implementation

Directing Implementation (DI), 25

Level 3, 66

Level 4, 89

Level 5, 98

Director of Embedded Software, 114

Disaster recovery, 81

Discipline Amplifications, 26, 123

Discovery-based appraisal, 138

Documentation

infrastructure, 194

necessary, 173

review, 110

Documentation guidelines, 173179

definitions, 174176

process definition approaches, 176179

workshop activities and materials, 177

workshop facilitation, 178

workshop findings, 178179

workshop logistics, 177

workshop outcomes , 178

workshop parameters, 177

DoD, see Department of Defense

Dr. Phil, 277, 278

Dysfunctional behavior, 215