Managing process diversity while improving your practices

Software process improvement efforts will fail if we try to make developmen t processes completely uniform across an organization. Uniform basic practi ses are important, but projects and subprojects will have needs that requir e specialized processes. BI: focusing on localized software practice improv ement, organizations can tailor processes to meet specific needs, resulting in a more diverse set of processes to manage. This article describes softw are practice improvement and diversity management on one project.