PMT-Manifest

Andis PMT Manifest

Problem statement

• _No processes_ are fastest in execution but produce _random quality_
• _Too many processes_ are slow in execution and produce _suboptimal quality_
• A _motivated team_ that _anticipates a process_ produces higher quality than a demotivated team that simply follows a process

Solution

• Only a high risk justifies an expensive process
  • Risk mitigation is the driver for designing processes
  • Do not invent theoretical risks to justify complex processes

• Constantly improve processes:
  • Optimize processes to address risks with minimum amount of time, money and motivation
  • If a process does not mitigate a severe risk, delete the process

• Do not misuse processes
  • A process shall ensure the product-quality of a work result.
  • Other goals like _improving team communication_, _hiding shortcomings of tools_, _spreading knowledge_, _ensuring execution of unrelated tasks_ shall be solved differently

• Accountabilities must be clear:
  • An accountable person can weight cost, schedule, team-motivation, product-quality, process-compliance and decide which one to drop.
  • An accountable person has the authority to exchange team-members and to influence cost and schedule.

• Human decisions over Tools:
  • If a human wants to make a change, a tool may request a rationale and it may complain, but a tool may not stop her/him.
  • If this freedom is misused, remove people from the project.

• Tools don't change Human decisions:
  • If a tool wants to make a change, it must not overwrite data entered by humans.
  • A tool may have own status fields instead.