C

calculating priority, 97–98

CaliberRM, 96

CANNOTLOSEVALUE rule, 188

capability levels, 216

capacity, 224

Carnegie Mellon University, 208

centers of excellence, 155

CEO (Chief Executive Officer), 8

CFO (Chief Financial Officer), 8

change, 144, 161

change requests, 171

Change Requests work item type, 36

Change Request work item, 50

chaordic, 143

Chaos Report, 4, 17

CheckIn action, 193

check-in notes, 72, 175

CHECK_IN permission, 201

check-in policies, 22, 72, 175–176

Choose Columns dialog box, 87, 109

Choose Related Work Item dialog box, 104

CIO (Chief Information Officer), 9

classifications, 63

customization, 165–166

default hierarchies, 199

editing, 199–200

Closed state, 163

CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration), 50

available downloads, 214

choosing between representations, 217

continual process improvement, 211–212

Continuous representation, 212, 216, 217

development, 208

disciplines, 214

Electronic Industries Alliance/Interim Standard (EIA/IS) 731, 209

eliminating inconsistencies, 210

Engineering Requirements Development process area,211

gaining efficiencies, 210

history, 208–210

improving software development process, 142

integration, 207–219

IPD-CMM for Integrated Product and Process Development, 209–210

Level 3-compliance, 50

objective evidence, 211

objectives, 210–212

obsessive documentation, 211

process areas, 213, 217–219

Requirements Management process area, 211

Staged representation, 212, 214–215, 217

SW-CMM, 209

tracking information, 211

CMMI Distilled: A Practical Introduction to Integrated Process Improvement (Ahern, Clouse, and Turner), 210

CMMI SCAMPI Distilled, 211

CMMI SCAMPI Distilled: Appraisals for Process Improvement (Ahern, Armstrong, Clouse, Ferguson, Hayes, and Nidiffer), 211

Coach, 28

Cockburn, Alister, 138

code analysis, 26

Code Analysis check-in policy, 176

code churn, 129

code coverage, 26

code profiling tools, 26

Code Reviewer check-in note, 175

Cohn, Mike, 86, 111

Collins, Jim, 148

Column element, 196

Column Group control, 195

Column Options dialog box, 173

common cause variation, 125–126

communication planning, 81

complexity

planning projects, 78

tools for managing, 6

Conchango, 52

configuration navigation tree

Areas & Iterations node, 199

Work Item Type Definitions node, 185

Connect To Team Foundation Server dialog box, 53, 62, 86, 180–181

constraints, specifying scope, 45–47

Contains operator, 172

contingencies, 37

Contingency Plan, 123

Continuous representation, 212, 216, 217

Continuous track, 44, 46

contracting, 81

Contributors group, 200

control, 8–9

Copy command, 174

COPY rule, 188

corrective actions, 123

cost budgeting, 81

cost estimating activity, 81

costs

managing, 132–133

monitoring and controlling, 125

Count function, 90, 110

C projects, 26

C++ projects, 26

CREATE_CHILDREN permission, 201

Create Copy Of Work Item command, 59–60

CREATE_PROJECTS permission, 201

create user interface prototype tasks, 104

Create Vision Statement Task work item, 20

cross-project reporting, 73

Crystal, 223

CSS_NODE target, 202

customers

planning, 85

understanding prioritizing requirements, 133

customization

classifications, 165–166

default work items, 165

existing projects, 169–176

process templates, 176–178

project portal, 167–168

reports, 166

security, 167

source code control, 167, 175–176

tools for, 168–169

work item queries, 164–165, 169–175

work items, 162–163

Cut command, 174

cycles, 225–226