1. Copyright(C) 2005 TOSHIBA CORPORATION. All Rights Reserved.1 Practical Approach to Development of SPI Activities in a Large Organization ~ Toshiba’s SPI History sine 2000 ~ November 8-10, 2005 Hideto Ogasawara Software Engineering Center, Toshiba Corporation

2. Copyright(C) 2005 TOSHIBA CORPORATION. All Rights Reserved. 2 History Toshiba launched SPI activities in 2000. Based on an evaluation of SPI activities during the first 2 years, it was judged that SPI should be promoted throughout Toshiba Group. 2000200120022003200042005… Trial Toshiba group SPI Activities Based on long-term SPI Plan

3. Copyright(C) 2005 TOSHIBA CORPORATION. All Rights Reserved. 3 Concepts Bottom-up approach Compulsion is ineffective Spreads by word of mouth Direct support Support of Corporate-SEPG and Company-SEPGs is very useful. Periodically SEPG meetings, training, workshops, gap analysis, Assessment/Appraisal Establishment of SPI community Keep the motivation to SPI Some papers have contended that as much as 70% of SPI fails.  Avoid the fall of the SEPG’s motivation Even if failure occurs, they can return to the SPI community Accelerate SPI activities SEPGs want to know hints, advice and ideas for solving problems. Corporate Company … Business Unit Business Unit … Business Unit

4. Copyright(C) 2005 TOSHIBA CORPORATION. All Rights Reserved. 4 SPI Framework BU(Business Unit)-SEPGs IDEALCMM Road map Improvement cycle SPI activities Company-SEPGs Corporate-SEPG Improvement solutions Process assessment technique CMM guidebook Development verification Support Usage Consulting services Events - Toshiba SEPG Conference - Toshiba SEPG Workshop Sample of process standards, etc. Training - SEPG leader course - SW-CMM/CMMI introductory course Information sharing - Website - Newsletter - Mailing list - SPI activities report Community Prov ision Usage Data Progress, Maturity, SEPG and SQAG activities, effects

5. Copyright(C) 2005 TOSHIBA CORPORATION. All Rights Reserved. 5 Mechanism to expand SPI Community TOSHIBA SEPG Conference SEPG Workshop SEPG Leader Follow-up Course SEPG Leader Course SEPG leader / SEPG leader candidate SEPG,SQAG Developer Sponsor Executive Sharing Information widely Deep discussion on specific topic Information exchange & Deep discussion Establish a network transcending organizations / Acquire skills JulyDecember June - September February People who are interested in SPI, want to begin SPI

6. Copyright(C) 2005 TOSHIBA CORPORATION. All Rights Reserved. 6 Growth in number of SEPGs and Corporate-SEPG members 70% The key factor responsible for this success is the establishment of a hierarchical SEPG structure.