1. How much risk are we willing to take

2. Collect info Perform risk Final SPI plan More time available Yes Plan SPI activities assessment Acceptable risk Yes No

3. Assess mitigation activities Assess cost Assess risk effect Within limits Acceptable Final SPI plan including mitigations No Yes

4. Plan Do Check Act NeedsImprovements SWOT / SWIR Gap analysis Planning Risk assessment Delphi analysis Data archeology KJ / affinity diagrams Pilot projects GQM Plotting techniques Statistical analyses Root Cause Analysis Risk assessment Introduce changes What are the results Post Mortem Analysis

5. Plan Do Check Act NeedsImprovements SWOT / SWIR Data archeology Delphi analysis Root Cause Analysis Risk assessment Introduce changes What are the results

6. Plan Do Check Act NeedsImprovements Planning GQM Pilot project Plotting techniques Statistical analyses Root Cause Analysis Risk assessment Introduce changes What are the results

7. Plan Do Check Act NeedsImprovements Gap analysis KJ / affinity diagrams Root Cause Analysis Risk assessment Introduce changes What are the results

8. Plan Do Check Act NeedsImprovements Post Mortem Analysis Risk assessment Introduce changes What are the results Gap analysis Risk assessment

9. ProcessProjectMeasureme nt Analysis Relevant data Historic al data ExperienceKnowledge PMA Improvement opportunities

10. ProcessProjectMeasureme nt Analysis Relevant data Historic al data ExperienceKnowledge GQM Improvement opportunities

11. ProcessProjectMeasureme nt Analysis Relevant data Historic al data ExperienceKnowledge Proactive SPI or Only subjective data – e.g. Delphi Improvement opportunities

12. What is the status? e.g. SWOT Management decidesSelect area Action Results Collect data Analyze data ActionResults