- Mini-Assessment Process
- Keeping the Data Confidential
- Summary
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Keeping the Data Confidential
We suggest that the assessment team keep all individual project data in confidence. Each team can obtain data about its own score for the purpose of its own improvement. The focus of management should be on the published, organization-wide trends.
Debrief with the participants
The mini-assessment can cause resentment among the interviewees if it is not managed carefully. The developers may perceive it to be an audit, regardless of what happens. To make the process effective, the mini-assessment team needs to obtain involvement from the organization before and after the mini-assessment. A debrief with the participants, after the results have been published, identifies what aspects of the mini-assessment process were effective and what aspects need to be improved. This debrief typically takes one hour, utilizing the following agenda:
Brainstorm what the organization liked about the mini-assessment process.
Brainstorm areas for improvement of the mini-assessment process.
Remove invalid or irrelevant items from the brainstorm list.
Set priorities for areas to improve.
Assign responsibilities for actions.
Improve the questionnaire (add examples and remove ambiguity)
In addition to a debrief, it is also beneficial to invite between three and ten interviewees to help review the criteria used in the mini-assessment. This review can help remove ambiguities in the questionnaire and elicit examples to improve clarity. The questionnaire can be improved by adding a column to help describe the use or intent of the practices being advocated. An example is shown in figure 2.
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Figure 2