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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.
Constellation CMMI
Represents a subset of the ripening process
GG - Generic Goals
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility

2. Provide adequate resources for performing the process - developiing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
Represents a subset of the ripening process

3. Establish and maintain the plan for performing the process.
Benefits
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
Level 0
GP 2.2 Plan the Process

4. The achievement of each level...
Constellation CMMI What?
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
Represents a subset of the ripening process
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement

5. Establish and maintain an organizational policy for planning and performing the process.
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
Represents a subset of the ripening process
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
Constellation CMMI

6. The process is institutionalized as managed process.
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
Level 4
SG - Specific Goals

7. Results that must be achieved to satisfy the PA. reuired
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
SG - Specific Goals
IPPD
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process

8. Review the activities - status - and results of the process with higher level management and resolve issues.
Maturity Levels Difficulties
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
CMMI
Generic Goals Types

9. The process is institutionalized as a quantitatively managed process.
Integrated Project Management
Generic Goals
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process

10. Quantitatively Managed Process controlled by statistical techniques
SP - Specific Practices
Level 4
CMMI
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations

11. 1 - Home 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - In optimization
Maturity
Level 5
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
Level 1

12. Practices related to an area that when implemeneted jointly meet a conj. goal considered important to realize significant improvements in that area.
GG - Generic Goals
Maturity
CMMI
PA - Process Area

13. Set of components to satisfy a specific area of interest 16 areas of common processes
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
Generic Goals Types
Constellation CMMI
Generic Goals

14. Levels are achieved by...
Generic Goals
Level 0
Levels
SP - Specific Practices

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

16. 0 - Incomplete 1 - Run 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - Tuning In
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
Difficulties
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Levels

17. Implemented process satisfies GG 1 (SG meets the BP)
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
Level 5
Level 1

18. Permits comparison between organizations
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Difficulties
Levels
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility

19. 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.
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
Generic Goals Types
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information

20. Ensure continuos improvement of the process in fulfilling the relevant business objectives of the organization -
GP 2.5 Train People
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
Generic Goals Types
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement

21. 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 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
Level 3
Difficulties

22. Keeping a clear understanding with our customer and other stakeholders about the services we provide and adjusting when you find inconsistencies.
CMMI
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
Generic Goals Types
Difficulties

23. Develop products and services
Constellation CMMI Dev
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process

24. More flexible organization Easy comparison with ISO 15504
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
Level 2
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
Benefits

25. Deliver and support services
Constellation CMMI Svc
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
Levels of Maturity Benefits
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility

26. Defined Process is adapted from the organization's standard
GG - Generic Goals
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
Level 3

27. Integrated Product Development Processes and Optional Collaboration of Stakeholders during the product life
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
IPPD
GP 2.5 Train People

28. Identify and correct the root causes of defects and other problems in the process.
Level 1
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders

29. SW Eng Eng HD Systems
Level 4
Level 5
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
Disciplines

30. Manage projects in order to quantify the way the process has been defined - to achieve the project's established quality and process performance objectives
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
Integrated Project Management
Quantitative Project Management
Constellation CMMI Dev

31. 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
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
PA - Process Area
Level 2

32. Capability Maturity Model Integration - Best Practices for model definition - implementation and improvement of PROCESSES
CMMI
Level 2
Disciplines
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process

33. 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
SP - Specific Practices
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
Maturity Levels Difficulties

34. GG 1 - Achieve specific goals (SG) GG 2 - Managed GG 3 - Defined GG 4 - Managed quantitatively GG 5 - In optimization = Institutionalize a process
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
Generic Goals Types
GP 2.3 Provide Resources

35. Dev - Acq - Svc
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
Constellation CMMI What?
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process

36. Important activities to meet the SG Eexpected - Can be replaced by alternative practices
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
SP - Specific Practices
Generic Goals Types
Constellation CMMI What?

37. The process is institutionalized as an optimizing process.
PA - Process Area
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
Disciplines
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process

38. The process is institutionalized as a defined process.
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
Integrated Project Management

39. Objective evaluate adherence of the process against its process description - standards - and procedures - and address noncompliance.
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
Maturity
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
Integrated Project Management

40. Establish and maintain the expected involvement of stakeholders during the execution of the process.
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
CMMI
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
Benefits

41. Stiffness in the selection of APs to be improved cost may be higher if the organization does not have any interest in PA
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
Maturity Levels Difficulties
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility

42. Goals that are repeated for multiple PA. required
GG - Generic Goals
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
Represents a subset of the ripening process

43. 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 Svc
SG - Specific Goals
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement

44. 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.
IPPD
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
Quantitative Project Management
Level 2

45. Managed Process planned and implemented in accordance with the project
Represents a subset of the ripening process
Level 2
Quantitative Project Management
Maturity Levels Difficulties

46. Activities to ensure that APs are Effective- Repeatable and Durable - Can be replaced by alternative practices
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
Constellation CMMI Dev
GP - Generic Practices
Maturity

47. Place designated work products of the process under appropriate levels of control.
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
Level 3

48. Incomplete process not executed - or partially executed
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
Benefits
Level 0
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems

49. In Optimization Process continuous improvement
SP - Specific Practices
PA - Process Area
Level 5
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems

50. There is total flexibility - dependency between PA's unproven ROI
GP 2.5 Train People
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Difficulties
Generic Goals