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CMMI: Capability Maturity Model Integration

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1. 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.
Maturity
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
GP - Generic Practices
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process

2. Integrated Product Development Processes and Optional Collaboration of Stakeholders during the product life
Constellation CMMI What?
IPPD
Benefits
Difficulties

3. Capability Maturity Model Integration - Best Practices for model definition - implementation and improvement of PROCESSES
CMMI
Difficulties
Constellation CMMI
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility

4. SW Eng Eng HD Systems
GG - Generic Goals
Level 5
Level 0
Disciplines

5. Practices related to an area that when implemeneted jointly meet a conj. goal considered important to realize significant improvements in that area.
Maturity
PA - Process Area
Quantitative Project Management
Disciplines

6. Deliver and support services
Constellation CMMI What?
Generic Goals Types
Constellation CMMI Svc
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy

7. Levels are achieved by...
Generic Goals
Level 0
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
Generic Goals Types

8. Important activities to meet the SG Eexpected - Can be replaced by alternative practices
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
Level 5
GG - Generic Goals
SP - Specific Practices

9. Supplies - services and acquisitions
Quantitative Project Management
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
Constellation CMMI Acq

10. Establish and maintain the expected involvement of stakeholders during the execution of the process.
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
Maturity Levels Difficulties
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders

11. Establish and maintain the plan for performing the process.
Represents a subset of the ripening process
Difficulties
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
GP 2.3 Provide Resources

12. The process is institutionalized as managed process.
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process

13. Place designated work products of the process under appropriate levels of control.
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
Level 0
Constellation CMMI
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations

14. Assign responsibility and authority for performing the process - developing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
Level 1
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
Benefits

15. In Optimization Process continuous improvement
Constellation CMMI Svc
GP - Generic Practices
Level 5
Quantitative Project Management

16. Defined Process is adapted from the organization's standard
GP - Generic Practices
SP - Specific Practices
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
Level 3

17. 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
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
Levels
Constellation CMMI

18. Results that must be achieved to satisfy the PA. reuired
GP - Generic Practices
Integrated Project Management
SG - Specific Goals
Constellation CMMI Dev

19. Incomplete process not executed - or partially executed
Levels
SG - Specific Goals
Level 0
Generic Goals Types

20. 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 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
Generic Goals Types
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
Integrated Project Management

21. The process is institutionalized as a quantitatively managed process.
Constellation CMMI Dev
Constellation CMMI
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
Level 0

22. Identify and correct the root causes of defects and other problems in the process.
CMMI
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process

23. Objective evaluate adherence of the process against its process description - standards - and procedures - and address noncompliance.
SG - Specific Goals
Represents a subset of the ripening process
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence

24. 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.
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
Level 4
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy

25. More flexible organization Easy comparison with ISO 15504
PA - Process Area
Benefits
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals

26. 1 - Home 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - In optimization
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
GG - Generic Goals
Maturity
Difficulties

27. Monitor and control the process against the plan for performing the process and take appropriate corrective action.
Levels
Integrated Project Management
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
GP 2.3 Provide Resources

28. Manage projects in order to quantify the way the process has been defined - to achieve the project's established quality and process performance objectives
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
Quantitative Project Management
PA - Process Area
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy

29. Perform the specific practices of the process area to develop work products and provide services to achieve the specific goals of the process area.
Quantitative Project Management
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
GP - Generic Practices
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals

30. Ensure continuos improvement of the process in fulfilling the relevant business objectives of the organization -
Integrated Project Management
SG - Specific Goals
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
CMMI

31. Establish and maintain quantitative objectives for the process - which address quality and process performance - based on customer needs and business objectives.
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement

32. Review the activities - status - and results of the process with higher level management and resolve issues.
PA - Process Area
Constellation CMMI Dev
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals

33. The achievement of each level...
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
Represents a subset of the ripening process
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders

34. Provide adequate resources for performing the process - developiing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
IPPD
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
Maturity Levels Difficulties

35. There is total flexibility - dependency between PA's unproven ROI
Difficulties
Constellation CMMI Acq
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy

36. Activities to ensure that APs are Effective- Repeatable and Durable - Can be replaced by alternative practices
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
GP - Generic Practices
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process

37. Set of components to satisfy a specific area of interest 16 areas of common processes
Constellation CMMI
Level 1
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
IPPD

38. Establish and maintain the description of a defined process.
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
Difficulties
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence

39. Train the people performing or supporting the process as needed.
Generic Goals Types
GP 2.5 Train People
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process

40. Quantitatively Managed Process controlled by statistical techniques
Level 4
Constellation CMMI What?
SP - Specific Practices
Generic Goals Types

41. The process is institutionalized as a defined process.
GG - Generic Goals
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
Level 4

42. 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.
Level 4
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
Constellation CMMI Svc
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance

43. The process is institutionalized as an optimizing process.
Level 1
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
IPPD
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process

44. 0 - Incomplete 1 - Run 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - Tuning In
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
Levels
SG - Specific Goals

45. Dev - Acq - Svc
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
Constellation CMMI What?
Levels
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems

46. Implemented process satisfies GG 1 (SG meets the BP)
IPPD
Level 1
Constellation CMMI
GP 2.5 Train People

47. Establish and maintain an organizational policy for planning and performing the process.
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
CMMI
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations

48. Goals that are repeated for multiple PA. required
Level 4
Levels of Maturity Benefits
GG - Generic Goals
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility

49. Develop products and services
Constellation CMMI Dev
Constellation CMMI Acq
Constellation CMMI Svc
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process

50. GG 1 - Achieve specific goals (SG) GG 2 - Managed GG 3 - Defined GG 4 - Managed quantitatively GG 5 - In optimization = Institutionalize a process
Level 3
Level 0
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
Generic Goals Types