2 The Age of Process: Applying a Historical Perspective to the Present Day
Lorraine Pajerek · INCOSE International Symposium · 1999
Abstract We are in the midst of a period in systems and software engineering that strongly emphasizes the importance of process. Process maturity has been extensively analyzed and codified, and the goal of process maturity has become pervasive throughout industry, government, and the academe. It may seem at times that more attention is paid to the process used to produce a product, than to the product itself. This paper examines the background experiences that led to the development of process maturity models, and deconstructs some of the arguments that have been posited, both for and against. By looking back at the road we have travelled thusfar, we can glean some lessons that may be applied to the path we travel in the future.