Choosing the Right Process

Of course, the key question is how to evaluate which process to use in an environment. Table 21-2 shows a side-by-side comparison of both processes.

Table 21-2

MSF for Agile Software Development	MSF for CMMI Process Improvement
Enables agility in your software development process	Extends MSF for Agile Software Development with support for auditing, verification, and formal processes
People are more important than process	Focus on organization
Improvement from iteration postmortems and other informal reviews	Formal continuous improvement and quality assurance
Relies on skill and abilities of individual developers	Relies on process and conformance to process, not specifications
Based on the Agile Manifesto	Based on the works of W. Edward Deming and Philip Crosby
Project-centric	Organization-centric