I am a master's student in the Management and Systems department of New York University's School of Continuing and Professional Studies. I am currently seeking research subjects for my master's thesis.
 
My research study is intended to learn more about the effects of CMMI-based process improvement on the management of requirements changes in software development projects. I am seeking members of organizations that recently implemented CMMI-based process improvement and increased their maturity level from Level 1 to Level 2 or higher. Subjects would be asked a series of closed and open-ended questions about their experiences on similar projects completed before and after their organization's CMMI implementation. I am interested in speaking to both the project manager and the business lead for each project. Participation in this study is expected to take about thirty to forty-five minutes of each subject's time via a phone interview.
 
All responses will be kept strictly confidential. I will include a brief description or label of variables such as the type of each organization, the type of project, schedule length and team size, but will not identify company names, or the names of any interview subjects.
 
While no incentives will be offered to participants, a copy of the completed thesis will be made available to any interested participant on request. I will be preparing a qualitative study that will involve a small sample size, but I hope to provide some useful insights to project teams and organizations that are interested in CMMI.
 
If you are interested in participating, please contact me directly at lam533nyu [dot] edu or respond to this post on the group.

Thank you,

Lawrence Mantrone