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CMMI: Capability Maturity Model Integration

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1. More flexible organization Easy comparison with ISO 15504
Difficulties
Benefits
PA - Process Area
Constellation CMMI Dev

2. Practices related to an area that when implemeneted jointly meet a conj. goal considered important to realize significant improvements in that area.
Level 3
PA - Process Area
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process

3. Establish and maintain the description of a defined process.
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
Levels of Maturity Benefits
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process

4. Keeping a clear understanding with our customer and other stakeholders about the services we provide and adjusting when you find inconsistencies.
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
Integrated Project Management
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy

5. Assign responsibility and authority for performing the process - developing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
GG - Generic Goals
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility

6. Set of components to satisfy a specific area of interest 16 areas of common processes
IPPD
SP - Specific Practices
Constellation CMMI
Maturity Levels Difficulties

7. Review the activities - status - and results of the process with higher level management and resolve issues.
PA - Process Area
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
Represents a subset of the ripening process

8. Establish and maintain the plan for performing the process.
Constellation CMMI Svc
Integrated Project Management
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process

9. 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
GP - Generic Practices
Maturity Levels Difficulties
SP - Specific Practices

10. Identify and correct the root causes of defects and other problems in the process.
Level 5
Constellation CMMI What?
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems

11. 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
Maturity
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
GP 2.3 Provide Resources

12. Dev - Acq - Svc
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
Level 1
Levels
Constellation CMMI What?

13. The process is institutionalized as a quantitatively managed process.
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
Maturity Levels Difficulties
Level 5

14. Objective evaluate adherence of the process against its process description - standards - and procedures - and address noncompliance.
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
Generic Goals Types
Generic Goals

15. Train the people performing or supporting the process as needed.
Constellation CMMI Svc
GG - Generic Goals
GP 2.5 Train People
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process

16. Ensure continuos improvement of the process in fulfilling the relevant business objectives of the organization -
Level 5
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management

17. Goals that are repeated for multiple PA. required
Integrated Project Management
GG - Generic Goals
Quantitative Project Management
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals

18. SW Eng Eng HD Systems
Level 3
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
Disciplines

19. 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 2.5 Train People
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
Generic Goals

20. Incomplete process not executed - or partially executed
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
Level 0
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process

21. Capability Maturity Model Integration - Best Practices for model definition - implementation and improvement of PROCESSES
CMMI
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
Constellation CMMI Dev
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process

22. Integrated Product Development Processes and Optional Collaboration of Stakeholders during the product life
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
IPPD
Maturity
Constellation CMMI Svc

23. 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.
Constellation CMMI What?
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
GP 2.2 Plan the Process

24. The process is institutionalized as managed process.
Level 1
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems

25. There is total flexibility - dependency between PA's unproven ROI
Difficulties
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Generic Goals Types
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management

26. Defined Process is adapted from the organization's standard
Generic Goals
Constellation CMMI What?
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
Level 3

27. 0 - Incomplete 1 - Run 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - Tuning In
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
Levels

28. 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 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
Constellation CMMI
Integrated Project Management

29. Place designated work products of the process under appropriate levels of control.
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
Generic Goals Types
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
GP 2.2 Plan the Process

30. Implemented process satisfies GG 1 (SG meets the BP)
Level 1
Constellation CMMI
Level 4
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders

31. The achievement of each level...
Represents a subset of the ripening process
GP 2.5 Train People
Quantitative Project Management
Integrated Project Management

32. Managed Process planned and implemented in accordance with the project
Constellation CMMI What?
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
PA - Process Area
Level 2

33. Quantitatively Managed Process controlled by statistical techniques
Level 4
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility

34. Supplies - services and acquisitions
Constellation CMMI Acq
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
Constellation CMMI

35. 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
GP 2.5 Train People
Constellation CMMI
Constellation CMMI What?

36. 1 - Home 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - In optimization
Level 5
Maturity
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Disciplines

37. Establish and maintain an organizational policy for planning and performing the process.
Benefits
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
Disciplines
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations

38. Provide adequate resources for performing the process - developiing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
Constellation CMMI Svc
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
Constellation CMMI
GP 2.3 Provide Resources

39. Important activities to meet the SG Eexpected - Can be replaced by alternative practices
SP - Specific Practices
Level 0
SG - Specific Goals
Constellation CMMI What?

40. Activities to ensure that APs are Effective- Repeatable and Durable - Can be replaced by alternative practices
Level 3
GP - Generic Practices
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
Requirements Mangement (REQM)

41. Results that must be achieved to satisfy the PA. reuired
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
SP - Specific Practices
SG - Specific Goals
Difficulties

42. Monitor and control the process against the plan for performing the process and take appropriate corrective action.
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
Level 4
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
Difficulties

43. Levels are achieved by...
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
Generic Goals
Maturity Levels Difficulties

44. Develop products and services
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
Disciplines
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
Constellation CMMI Dev

45. 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
Integrated Project Management
Constellation CMMI
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement

46. Establish and maintain quantitative objectives for the process - which address quality and process performance - based on customer needs and business objectives.
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
Constellation CMMI Acq

47. The process is institutionalized as an optimizing process.
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
Disciplines
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process

48. The process is institutionalized as a defined process.
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
Level 4
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
Generic Goals

49. Deliver and support services
Constellation CMMI Svc
Generic Goals Types
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
Maturity

50. Stiffness in the selection of APs to be improved cost may be higher if the organization does not have any interest in PA
Level 1
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
Maturity Levels Difficulties
Integrated Project Management