Appraisal activities include "the interview."  What is it for?  Why do it?  How is it done in CMMI appraisals?  How should I prepare for an appraisal interview if I am an interviewee?Tom and George discuss all of these and more as they unpack this aspect of appraisals.  Let us know what you think.  What questions, challenges or success stories do you have?  What other process improvement or regulatory topics you'd like to have covered in future podcasts?  Contact us at: [email protected] or at http://www.twoharborsconsulting.com.  Tom Klein [email protected] Zack [email protected]

George and  Tom continue a dive into the CMMI model as they discuss the Implementation Infrastructure practice area.  Let us know what you think.  What questions, challenges or success stories do you have?  What other process improvement or regulatory topics you'd like to have covered in future podcasts?  Contact us at: [email protected] or at http://www.twoharborsconsulting.com.  Tom Klein [email protected] Zack [email protected]

George, Becky and Tom get together and discuss an idea that GZ has about the CMMI Model - that there are five (well, and maybe 2 or 3 more) practice areas that are more foundational to the model and really shouldn't be skipped over.   Listen in to hear what those practice areas are and the discussion surrounding this topic.  Let us know what you think.  What questions, challenges or success stories do you have?  What other process improvement or regulatory topics you'd like to have covered in future podcasts?  Contact us at: [email protected] or at http://www.twoharborsconsulting.com.  Becky Fitzgerald:  [email protected] Klein [email protected] Zack [email protected]

Becky, Tom and George get together for their first episode since January.  What have we been doing for work, dealing with the pandemic, and how have we been improving our craft?Let us know what you think.  What questions, challenges or success stories do you have regarding estimation?  What other process improvement or regulatory topics you'd like to have covered in future podcasts?  Contact us at: [email protected] or at http://www.twoharborsconsulting.com.  Becky Fitzgerald:  [email protected] Klein [email protected] Zack [email protected]

Becky, Tom and George get together to revisit the concept of size in estimation of work and some ideas on how to approach it as an opportunity to improve.  2HC episode 2 (where we originally discussed estimation and size):  https://www.buzzsprout.com/976369/episodes/3325870The CMMI Model At A Glance:  https://cmmiinstitute.com/cmmi-v2-0-model-at-a-glanceLet us know what you think.  What questions, challenges or success stories do you have regarding estimation?  What other process improvement or regulatory topics you'd like to have covered in future podcasts?  Contact us at: [email protected] or at http://www.twoharborsconsulting.com.  Becky Fitzgerald:  [email protected] Klein [email protected] Zack [email protected]

George is joined by the president of regulatory and quality at Greenlight Guru and the host of the Global Medical Device podcast Jon Speer.  Jon gives some of his insights as to what will be hot topics in the quality/regulatory world in 2021.Some reference links:The latest on the QSR migration to 13485 https://medtech.pharmaintelligence.informa.com/MT143243/FDA-Picks-New-Target-Date-For-Releasing-Its-Draft-Harmonized-Quality-System-RegulationThe Payor pilot:https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/cdrh-innovation/payor-communication-task-forceGreenlight Guru:https://www.greenlight.guru/The Global Medical Device Podcast:https://www.greenlight.guru/podcastsAre you enjoying this podcast?  If so, please share it with a colleague!  We'd love to have more people engage with us in these conversations.  And we always want your feedback about any element of podcast.  Contact us at: [email protected] or at http://www.twoharborsconsulting.com or George Zack at [email protected]

George is joined by Becky and Tom to discuss what happens after an organization has had an appraisal.    Now that you have results, what do should you do with those to get the most value of them?Are you enjoying this podcast?  If so, please share it with a colleague!  We'd love to have more people engage with us in these conversations.  And we always want your feedback about any element of podcast.  Contact us at: [email protected] or at http://www.twoharborsconsulting.com or George Zack at [email protected]

In this episode, we share a recording of the October 2020 Two Harbors Consulting "Ask An Appraiser Anything" webinar.  Lead Appraiser Tom Klein and George Zack of 2HC took questions on process improvement, the CMMI model, medical device regulation and approaches to appraisals.  This was the first webinar that 2HC held like this - and we think it went well enough that we will look to do more in the future.  Let us know what topics you'd like to see us address. Are you enjoying this podcast?  If so, please share it with a colleague!  We'd love to have more people engage with us in these conversations.  And we always want your feedback about any element of podcast.  Contact us at: [email protected] or at http://www.twoharborsconsulting.com or George Zack at [email protected]

Lynn Penn, the president of Performance and Methods Consulting joins the Two Harbors Consulting podcast for a conversation with George Zack.  Lynn is involved in CMM everywhere - from executing appraisals, to being on working groups to help define the next revision of the Model, to chairing Capability Counts Conference - Lynn is there!  They chat Lynn's career history, the Model, appraisals and getting value add, the PAB, maturity and capability levels, and CMMC.Are you enjoying this podcast?  If so, please share it with a colleague!  We'd love to have more people engage with us in these conversations.  And we always want your feedback about any element of podcast.  Contact us at: [email protected] or at http://www.twoharborsconsulting.com or George Zack at [email protected]

ISACA Chief Architect, Ron Lear and CMMC Board Member, Jeff Dalton join George Zack of Two Harbors Consulting to discuss the current state of CMMC, where it connects with CMMI and where it looks to be going in the future.  We hope you find this conversation to be informative.Follow Ron at his CMMI Institute blog at:  https://cmmiinstitute.com/news/blogFollow Jeff at his Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffdalton/ or his Twitter at https://twitter.com/CMMIAppraiserAre you enjoying this podcast?  If so, please share it with a colleague!  We'd love to have more people engage with us in these conversations.  And we always want your feedback about any element of podcast.  Contact us at: [email protected] or at http://www.twoharborsconsulting.com or George Zack at [email protected]