White Papers

The Borromean Group provides a number of white papers free to use in your organization or for educational purposes. Currently available:


Quality Assurance

	The Purpose of Quality Assurance A concise article that is based on the CMMI-definition of the purpose of Process and Product Quality Assurance. The underlying concepts that are sometimes forgotten or misunderstood are briefly explained.
	Escalation, A Joint Effort Escalation is a sometimes "loaded" term with different interpretations and is not always free from prejudice or bad experiences. Its real purpose is explained and the key principles are addressed to implement this powerful method to your benefit.

Virtual Development

	Defect Injection and Detection in Virtual Development of Products An analysis of problem types, the various causes of their injections and the possible effects on improvement measures in a virtual (global or multi-site) product development enviroment.
	Virtuele Productontwikkeling en Productkwaliteit Een uitgebreide verhandeling over probleemgebieden, de oorzaken van productkwaliteitsproblemen en van invloed zijnde factoren op verbetermaatregelen in een virtuele (globale of multi-site) productontwikkelingsomgeving.