There are many viable approaches to introducing methodology usage in an organization. Many times it is necessary to focus on a specific area of improvement or a pain point first. 6D recognizes this reality and has designed a number of Practice Area processes that cover many Management and Control processes. Each Practice Area represents a workflow of activities associated with that practice. For example, the Risk Assessment and Management practice area is a control practice area that participates in all development phases. It describes the actual workflow involved in the identification, quantification and management of risks associated with the development process.

 

Management practices are those practices necessary for the orchestration of the entire product line effort.

Control practices are those management practices necessary to engineer the creation and evolution of the core assets and the products.