These improvement proposals are directly put into the results of the assessment. They clearly see the advantages of improvements and of activities which overcome barriers and make things easier. The more extensive developers are interviewed the higher the acceptance of the recommended improvement activities is. Success has to be measurable. The improvement project is successful if the improvement actions which are realized lead to significant increase of efficiency in daily work.
External coaches help to speed up the project's progress.
It is helpful to have external coaches because they are not integrated in daily work and in problems of the organisation. Additionally they have the possibility and acceptance to gap bridges between established groups of developers in order to come to agreed results and decisions. The continuous support of external coaches can be decisive for the success of the improvement project. The whole organisation should be kept informed about the status of the improvement project. The culture of change must be visible to everyone in the company.