Outcome: Developed Mentors
Experienced, trained mentors who are ready to deploy to projects to help drive adoption of capability improvements.
Domains: Software Capability Improvement
Purpose

Mentors who have been properly trained and have the right set of skills and experience to mentor other teams are critical for the adoption of capability improvements.

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Main Description
A Mentor is an experienced practitioner in a specific software development capability who splits his or her time between practicing and mentoring. Mentoring activities are performed within the structure of a Center of Capability.
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Impact of not having

Without dedicated mentors process and tools adoption may be significantly delayed, or not happen at all.

Reasons for not needingIf process and tool improvements are trivial, not representing a significant change to the way teams perform their work, mentors are not required.