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MP33 Bilbao: Quality Function Deployment, Failure Mode and Ef-fect Analysis, Capability Maturity Models
Starting again by the initial learning outcomes from UPV-Bilbao course descriptions, trans-lated into English: • General aspects of Quality Function Deployment • Quality Function Deployment Model • Failure Mode and Effect Analysis for Designs and Processes • Capacity Maturity Models 5.4.4.1 Determining the learning outcomes Now, let us review the main topics of this course, taken from the contents of UPV-Bilbao course descriptions. It has been updated according to the last version of the course: • Capacity Maturity Models • Organizational processes • Consistence, predictability and maturity levels • Agile project management • SCRUM Now, we determine what the course tries to achieve in terms of knowledge, for these topics: Objective 1: The core concepts of capacity maturity models Objective 2: The importance of the organizational processes Objective 3: Agile project management Objective 4: Main differences between traditional project management and agile methodologies Now, for each objective, we assign the most appropriate value in terms of the level, regarding the table of Expanded Taxonomy of Learning (See Appendix 6), and then, we choose the most appropriate verbs from the list of verbs valid for that level: • Objective 1: The core concepts of capacity maturity models. According to the course, the students will remember the main concepts of maturity models in general and of CMMI® in particular. But also, students will be able to ex-plain the concepts in their own words, as well as the main differences between the ma-turity levels. Going to the table of Taxonomy, the results are: o The assigned level is BT2 – Understand (Construct meaning from informa-tion) o The proposed learning outcome 1 is: Describe the core concepts of Capacity Maturity Models o Recommendation: Include some small appraisal exercises, and then, either level BT4-Analyze or BT5-Evaluate could be reached • Objective 2: Know the importance of organizational processes. According to the course, there is a close relation between the maturity levels of a company, the consistence and predictability of its organizational processes and the re-sults obtained (in product design, for instance). Going to the table of Taxonomy, the results are: o The assigned level is BT2 – Understand (Construct meaning from informa-tion) o The proposed learning outcome 2 is: Explain the importance of the organ-izational processes o Recommendation: Include some exercises like process re-design in order to reach level BT5-Evaluate or BT6-Create • Objective 3: Agile project management. According to the course, several characteristics are presented, such as: o Main concepts of Agile Manifesto o Strength put on people and interaction over tools and processes o Capacity to change o SCRUM characteristics: roles, tools, meetings, sprints The objective is that students learn all these concepts, but also to understand them properly, being able to explain them. Going to the table of Taxonomy, the results are: o The assigned level is BT2 – Understand (Construct meaning from informa-tion) o The proposed learning outcome 3 is: Explain the Agile Management ap-proach o Recommendation: Include a case study to work on, in order to reach at least level BT4-Analyze • Objective 4: Main differences between traditional project management and agile methodologies. According to the course, the objective is that students can explain the main differences between these two approaches and can determine in which situations agile methodolo-gies can be better applied. That means that they can make a comparison between the two approaches.