Abstract

This article describes a group interview technique designed to support document-less process assessments while at the same time promoting collaboration among assessmentparticipants. The method was successfully used in one consulting assignment where it got previously discording participants talking to each other and agreeing on theissues. The technique borrows from agile software development the concept of user stories to cast CMMI’s specific practices in concrete terms and the planning pokertechnique, instead of document reviews and audit-like interviews, for fact finding and corroboration.