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CMMI: Capability Maturity Model Integration

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1. Integrated Product Development Processes and Optional Collaboration of Stakeholders during the product life
IPPD
Constellation CMMI Svc
Maturity Levels Difficulties
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders

2. Establish and maintain the description of a defined process.
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
Constellation CMMI Acq
GP 2.3 Provide Resources

3. Deliver and support services
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
Constellation CMMI Svc
CMMI
Level 0

4. Manage projects in order to quantify the way the process has been defined - to achieve the project's established quality and process performance objectives
Quantitative Project Management
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
Generic Goals Types

5. 1 - Home 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - In optimization
Constellation CMMI Dev
Maturity
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
Difficulties

6. 0 - Incomplete 1 - Run 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - Tuning In
Level 3
Levels
SG - Specific Goals
GP - Generic Practices

7. Monitor and control the process against the plan for performing the process and take appropriate corrective action.
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
Disciplines
Maturity Levels Difficulties

8. Objective evaluate adherence of the process against its process description - standards - and procedures - and address noncompliance.
Generic Goals
Level 1
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility

9. More flexible organization Easy comparison with ISO 15504
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
Benefits
SP - Specific Practices
Generic Goals Types

10. Place designated work products of the process under appropriate levels of control.
GP - Generic Practices
Disciplines
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
Constellation CMMI Svc

11. Important activities to meet the SG Eexpected - Can be replaced by alternative practices
Constellation CMMI
SP - Specific Practices
Constellation CMMI Acq
Disciplines

12. SW Eng Eng HD Systems
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
Disciplines
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
Level 3

13. Goals that are repeated for multiple PA. required
GG - Generic Goals
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement

14. In Optimization Process continuous improvement
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Level 5
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
Constellation CMMI Dev

15. Train the people performing or supporting the process as needed.
Generic Goals Types
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
GP 2.5 Train People
SG - Specific Goals

16. Capability Maturity Model Integration - Best Practices for model definition - implementation and improvement of PROCESSES
Benefits
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
CMMI

17. The process is institutionalized as an optimizing process.
Quantitative Project Management
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
Level 0
GG - Generic Goals

18. Quantitatively Managed Process controlled by statistical techniques
Constellation CMMI
Level 4
CMMI
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process

19. Ensure continuos improvement of the process in fulfilling the relevant business objectives of the organization -
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
GP - Generic Practices
Level 3

20. The process is institutionalized as a quantitatively managed process.
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
GP 2.5 Train People

21. Levels are achieved by...
Generic Goals
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Constellation CMMI
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations

22. Practices related to an area that when implemeneted jointly meet a conj. goal considered important to realize significant improvements in that area.
Level 1
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
PA - Process Area
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance

23. Permits comparison between organizations
Levels of Maturity Benefits
IPPD
Generic Goals Types
Level 5

24. Assign responsibility and authority for performing the process - developing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process

25. Supplies - services and acquisitions
Constellation CMMI Acq
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
SG - Specific Goals
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process

26. Establish and maintain the expected involvement of stakeholders during the execution of the process.
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
PA - Process Area
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals

27. Stabilize the performance of one or more subprocesses to determine the ability of the process to achieve the established quantitative quality and process-performance objectives.
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
Level 5

28. Review the activities - status - and results of the process with higher level management and resolve issues.
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
Level 1
GP - Generic Practices

29. Defined Process is adapted from the organization's standard
SP - Specific Practices
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
Level 0
Level 3

30. Establish and maintain the plan for performing the process.
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
Level 5
Constellation CMMI What?

31. Stiffness in the selection of APs to be improved cost may be higher if the organization does not have any interest in PA
Maturity Levels Difficulties
Generic Goals Types
Level 2
GG - Generic Goals

32. The process is institutionalized as a defined process.
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
Level 5
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process

33. Activities to ensure that APs are Effective- Repeatable and Durable - Can be replaced by alternative practices
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
GP - Generic Practices
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
Generic Goals

34. Dev - Acq - Svc
GP 2.5 Train People
GG - Generic Goals
Generic Goals
Constellation CMMI What?

35. Provide adequate resources for performing the process - developiing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
Benefits

36. Perform the specific practices of the process area to develop work products and provide services to achieve the specific goals of the process area.
Benefits
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
Level 3
GP 2.3 Provide Resources

37. Develop products and services
CMMI
Constellation CMMI Dev
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
Quantitative Project Management

38. Results that must be achieved to satisfy the PA. reuired
SG - Specific Goals
Difficulties
Level 4
Benefits

39. Identify and correct the root causes of defects and other problems in the process.
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
Levels of Maturity Benefits
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility

40. Set of components to satisfy a specific area of interest 16 areas of common processes
Level 4
Constellation CMMI
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
Quantitative Project Management

41. Implemented process satisfies GG 1 (SG meets the BP)
Maturity Levels Difficulties
Level 1
Constellation CMMI Dev
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement

42. The achievement of each level...
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
SG - Specific Goals
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
Represents a subset of the ripening process

43. Establish and maintain an organizational policy for planning and performing the process.
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
Level 5
Benefits
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy

44. Incomplete process not executed - or partially executed
Level 3
Level 0
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
Constellation CMMI What?

45. GG 1 - Achieve specific goals (SG) GG 2 - Managed GG 3 - Defined GG 4 - Managed quantitatively GG 5 - In optimization = Institutionalize a process
Generic Goals Types
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
Constellation CMMI What?
GP 2.3 Provide Resources

46. Establish and maintain quantitative objectives for the process - which address quality and process performance - based on customer needs and business objectives.
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
Generic Goals
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management

47. Integration of project management - basis the OPD and adaptation guidelines to define the process - according to the establishment and management of the project - and included in the relevant key man for IPPD - IPM also covers the integration team to
Disciplines
Integrated Project Management
Benefits
Constellation CMMI What?

48. Keeping a clear understanding with our customer and other stakeholders about the services we provide and adjusting when you find inconsistencies.
Constellation CMMI
SG - Specific Goals
Level 5
Requirements Mangement (REQM)

49. Collect work products - measures - measurement results - and improvement information derived from planning and performing the process to support the future use and improvement of the organization's processes and process assets.
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
Level 3
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
Levels of Maturity Benefits

50. Managed Process planned and implemented in accordance with the project
Level 2
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
Level 4
Levels of Maturity Benefits