Implementation of the Improvement Actions



The improvement actions, suggested by the PIE team, were well received by the TETRA development engineers and managers.
The PIE is considered by the technical staff as well as the business staff, to be a positive process. It is considered to give us an advantage in better quality of the products, and reduced cycle time of the development process.
As such, the TETRA development group has adopted several changes to its processes, to accommodate the Defect Prevention environment.

Several Kickoff meetings which explained and emphasised the importance of Defect Prevention and causal analysis took place.
Hence, these activities became routine for the TETRA software engineers. The engineers became skilled in recording the defects using DDTs® - Distributed Defect Tracking System. They became more open minded in reporting and recording their own defects, understanding the importance of a systematic tracking approach to the quality of the product and the process.

Many Tetra engineers expressed satisfaction with the causal analysis process and kickoff meetings which made them feel better equipped to prevent defects. It was beneficial to their attitude towards the software process.

Internal dissemination outside of the Tetra development group, has yet to be done and will begin with presenting the Defect Prevention method to the SEPG - Software Engineering Process Group, the owner of MCIL's OSSP.
This group will analyse the results of the PIE project, and will update the OSSP accordingly.
The SEPG also be responsible for deploying the new process by training the other development groups. This will be done through a series of technical meetings with engineers and managers, on the PIE, the updated OSSP and the Defect Prevention concepts.

Implementation of the improvement actions
Plans & expected outcome
 Measured results