What is Empirical Process Control

Empirical Process Control

Empirical Process Control expects unpredictable, while defined process control expects that every piece of work is fully understood in advance.

What Is Defined Process Control?

Defined process is a process with a well-defined set of control steps. When we are in a relatively less volatile environment which can easily be predicted; Looking at the same input, a defined process should produce the same output each time on its repetition and the nature of the prediction. The defined process has the following characteristics:

• General and control
• Plan what you expect to happen
• Sometimes implement the plan regardless of the status of the change
• Use change control because change is expensive

What Is Empirical Process Control?

In the empirical process control, you expect unexpected. In Scrum Empirical Process Control with defined process control, every methodology of work is well understood. In the Scrum, an empirical process is implemented where progress is based on observation and experimentation rather than detailed, advance plans and defined processes. Using Empirical Process Control is working in a fact-based, experience-based and evidence-based approach, which is controlled through inspection, optimization. Empirical Process has the following characteristics:

• We know as progress
• Expectation and embrace change
• Inspect and optimize using small growth cycles
• Estimates are only signs and cannot be accurate