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CMMI: Capability Maturity Model Integration

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1. Assign responsibility and authority for performing the process - developing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
IPPD

2. 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.
Generic Goals
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
Represents a subset of the ripening process

3. Establish and maintain the description of a defined process.
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
PA - Process Area
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process

4. 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 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
Level 2
SG - Specific Goals
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information

5. Capability Maturity Model Integration - Best Practices for model definition - implementation and improvement of PROCESSES
Maturity Levels Difficulties
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
CMMI
Maturity

6. 1 - Home 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - In optimization
Maturity
Constellation CMMI What?
GP 2.5 Train People
Disciplines

7. The process is institutionalized as a quantitatively managed process.
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
Maturity
Levels
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices

8. 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
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
Maturity Levels Difficulties
Constellation CMMI Svc

9. The process is institutionalized as an optimizing process.
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
Constellation CMMI Svc
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process

10. Train the people performing or supporting the process as needed.
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
Quantitative Project Management
Maturity Levels Difficulties
GP 2.5 Train People

11. Managed Process planned and implemented in accordance with the project
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
SP - Specific Practices
Level 2

12. Dev - Acq - Svc
Maturity Levels Difficulties
Constellation CMMI What?
Constellation CMMI Acq
GP 2.5 Train People

13. Provide adequate resources for performing the process - developiing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
Benefits
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
Quantitative Project Management

14. Deliver and support services
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
Generic Goals
Benefits
Constellation CMMI Svc

15. 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
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
Maturity Levels Difficulties
Maturity

16. Keeping a clear understanding with our customer and other stakeholders about the services we provide and adjusting when you find inconsistencies.
PA - Process Area
Constellation CMMI Svc
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
Requirements Mangement (REQM)

17. Supplies - services and acquisitions
Maturity Levels Difficulties
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Level 3
Constellation CMMI Acq

18. Establish and maintain quantitative objectives for the process - which address quality and process performance - based on customer needs and business objectives.
Constellation CMMI Acq
Disciplines
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
Constellation CMMI Svc

19. The process is institutionalized as a defined process.
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
SP - Specific Practices
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process

20. Integrated Product Development Processes and Optional Collaboration of Stakeholders during the product life
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
IPPD
Difficulties

21. SW Eng Eng HD Systems
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Disciplines
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
Level 2

22. Defined Process is adapted from the organization's standard
Level 3
Constellation CMMI What?
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information

23. Establish and maintain the plan for performing the process.
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
Difficulties
Generic Goals

24. Set of components to satisfy a specific area of interest 16 areas of common processes
Constellation CMMI
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information

25. 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
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
Level 1
Represents a subset of the ripening process
Integrated Project Management

26. Implemented process satisfies GG 1 (SG meets the BP)
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
Level 1
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems

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 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
Disciplines
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process

28. Ensure continuos improvement of the process in fulfilling the relevant business objectives of the organization -
Represents a subset of the ripening process
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
CMMI
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement

29. Quantitatively Managed Process controlled by statistical techniques
Level 1
Level 4
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
Level 0

30. The achievement of each level...
IPPD
Represents a subset of the ripening process
Generic Goals
Level 2

31. The process is institutionalized as managed process.
Disciplines
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
Level 0
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process

32. Objective evaluate adherence of the process against its process description - standards - and procedures - and address noncompliance.
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
Level 4

33. Manage projects in order to quantify the way the process has been defined - to achieve the project's established quality and process performance objectives
CMMI
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
Quantitative Project Management
GP - Generic Practices

34. Establish and maintain an organizational policy for planning and performing the process.
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
Level 2
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
PA - Process Area

35. Permits comparison between organizations
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
Integrated Project Management
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
Levels of Maturity Benefits

36. Develop products and services
Maturity Levels Difficulties
Constellation CMMI Dev
CMMI
Difficulties

37. Levels are achieved by...
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
SG - Specific Goals
Generic Goals
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations

38. Establish and maintain the expected involvement of stakeholders during the execution of the process.
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
GP - Generic Practices
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process

39. Practices related to an area that when implemeneted jointly meet a conj. goal considered important to realize significant improvements in that area.
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Constellation CMMI Svc
PA - Process Area

40. Incomplete process not executed - or partially executed
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
Constellation CMMI Dev
Level 0
Generic Goals Types

41. More flexible organization Easy comparison with ISO 15504
Represents a subset of the ripening process
Constellation CMMI Acq
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
Benefits

42. Results that must be achieved to satisfy the PA. reuired
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
SG - Specific Goals
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance

43. Activities to ensure that APs are Effective- Repeatable and Durable - Can be replaced by alternative practices
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
GP - Generic Practices

44. 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
Level 0
Constellation CMMI Dev
Maturity

45. There is total flexibility - dependency between PA's unproven ROI
Difficulties
Level 3
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information

46. Important activities to meet the SG Eexpected - Can be replaced by alternative practices
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
SP - Specific Practices
Level 4
Level 5

47. Goals that are repeated for multiple PA. required
GG - Generic Goals
Maturity
Integrated Project Management
Quantitative Project Management

48. GG 1 - Achieve specific goals (SG) GG 2 - Managed GG 3 - Defined GG 4 - Managed quantitatively GG 5 - In optimization = Institutionalize a process
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
Generic Goals Types
Level 5
Represents a subset of the ripening process

49. 0 - Incomplete 1 - Run 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - Tuning In
Levels
SG - Specific Goals
Generic Goals Types
Level 5

50. Place designated work products of the process under appropriate levels of control.
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
GP - Generic Practices
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process