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CMMI: Capability Maturity Model Integration

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1. There is total flexibility - dependency between PA's unproven ROI
Generic Goals
Difficulties
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information

2. Manage projects in order to quantify the way the process has been defined - to achieve the project's established quality and process performance objectives
Constellation CMMI Acq
Quantitative Project Management
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
Constellation CMMI

3. 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 1 Achieve Specific Goals
Maturity Levels Difficulties
Constellation CMMI

4. The achievement of each level...
Constellation CMMI Svc
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Represents a subset of the ripening process

5. Deliver and support services
Maturity
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
Constellation CMMI Svc
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance

6. Levels are achieved by...
Levels
PA - Process Area
Generic Goals
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process

7. Train the people performing or supporting the process as needed.
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
GG - Generic Goals
Quantitative Project Management
GP 2.5 Train People

8. Assign responsibility and authority for performing the process - developing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
Constellation CMMI Acq
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility

9. Keeping a clear understanding with our customer and other stakeholders about the services we provide and adjusting when you find inconsistencies.
Constellation CMMI Dev
Represents a subset of the ripening process
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
Requirements Mangement (REQM)

10. Establish and maintain the expected involvement of stakeholders during the execution of the process.
Constellation CMMI Acq
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
Integrated Project Management
Levels

11. Implemented process satisfies GG 1 (SG meets the BP)
Level 1
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
SP - Specific Practices
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals

12. Incomplete process not executed - or partially executed
Level 1
Represents a subset of the ripening process
Level 0
Integrated Project Management

13. Perform the specific practices of the process area to develop work products and provide services to achieve the specific goals of the process area.
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
Level 0
Generic Goals

14. Establish and maintain quantitative objectives for the process - which address quality and process performance - based on customer needs and business objectives.
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
Level 0

15. Supplies - services and acquisitions
Constellation CMMI Acq
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
Represents a subset of the ripening process

16. Capability Maturity Model Integration - Best Practices for model definition - implementation and improvement of PROCESSES
Generic Goals Types
Level 0
CMMI
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process

17. The process is institutionalized as managed process.
CMMI
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems

18. More flexible organization Easy comparison with ISO 15504
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
Benefits
Level 4
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices

19. Important activities to meet the SG Eexpected - Can be replaced by alternative practices
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
Maturity Levels Difficulties
IPPD
SP - Specific Practices

20. Managed Process planned and implemented in accordance with the project
GG - Generic Goals
Level 2
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
CMMI

21. 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 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
Levels
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information

22. Objective evaluate adherence of the process against its process description - standards - and procedures - and address noncompliance.
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
Constellation CMMI What?
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management

23. 0 - Incomplete 1 - Run 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - Tuning In
Levels
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
SP - Specific Practices

24. Quantitatively Managed Process controlled by statistical techniques
Benefits
Level 0
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
Level 4

25. Integrated Product Development Processes and Optional Collaboration of Stakeholders during the product life
Level 5
Difficulties
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
IPPD

26. 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 2.2 Plan the Process
Integrated Project Management
Difficulties

27. In Optimization Process continuous improvement
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
SG - Specific Goals
Level 5
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy

28. Establish and maintain the plan for performing the process.
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
PA - Process Area
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
Quantitative Project Management

29. SW Eng Eng HD Systems
Level 3
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
SG - Specific Goals
Disciplines

30. The process is institutionalized as a defined process.
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
Constellation CMMI What?
Levels of Maturity Benefits
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices

31. Provide adequate resources for performing the process - developiing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
Level 0
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
SP - Specific Practices

32. Review the activities - status - and results of the process with higher level management and resolve issues.
Disciplines
Constellation CMMI Dev
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations

33. The process is institutionalized as an optimizing process.
Level 4
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process

34. Dev - Acq - Svc
Difficulties
Constellation CMMI What?
Constellation CMMI Acq
Level 4

35. Permits comparison between organizations
SG - Specific Goals
Levels of Maturity Benefits
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
Requirements Mangement (REQM)

36. The process is institutionalized as a quantitatively managed process.
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
Level 1
Constellation CMMI What?

37. Practices related to an area that when implemeneted jointly meet a conj. goal considered important to realize significant improvements in that area.
GP - Generic Practices
PA - Process Area
Maturity Levels Difficulties
Constellation CMMI

38. Establish and maintain an organizational policy for planning and performing the process.
GP - Generic Practices
Level 0
Disciplines
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy

39. Set of components to satisfy a specific area of interest 16 areas of common processes
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
Constellation CMMI
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process

40. Ensure continuos improvement of the process in fulfilling the relevant business objectives of the organization -
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
Constellation CMMI Acq
GP - Generic Practices

41. Goals that are repeated for multiple PA. required
Benefits
Level 1
Level 2
GG - Generic Goals

42. 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
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
Integrated Project Management
Constellation CMMI Svc
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process

43. Results that must be achieved to satisfy the PA. reuired
SP - Specific Practices
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
Difficulties
SG - Specific Goals

44. Defined Process is adapted from the organization's standard
IPPD
Level 1
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
Level 3

45. Activities to ensure that APs are Effective- Repeatable and Durable - Can be replaced by alternative practices
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
SP - Specific Practices
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
GP - Generic Practices

46. The process supports and enables achievement of specific goals of the process area by transforming identifiable input work products to produce identifiable output work products.
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement

47. Identify and correct the root causes of defects and other problems in the process.
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems

48. GG 1 - Achieve specific goals (SG) GG 2 - Managed GG 3 - Defined GG 4 - Managed quantitatively GG 5 - In optimization = Institutionalize a process
SP - Specific Practices
Generic Goals Types
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
GP 2.2 Plan the Process

49. Place designated work products of the process under appropriate levels of control.
Level 0
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations

50. Stiffness in the selection of APs to be improved cost may be higher if the organization does not have any interest in PA
Constellation CMMI Svc
GG - Generic Goals
GP - Generic Practices
Maturity Levels Difficulties