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CMMI: Capability Maturity Model Integration

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1. 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 2.6 Manage Configurations
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance

2. Activities to ensure that APs are Effective- Repeatable and Durable - Can be replaced by alternative practices
GP - Generic Practices
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
Difficulties
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information

3. Levels are achieved by...
Generic Goals
Quantitative Project Management
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
Level 3

4. Results that must be achieved to satisfy the PA. reuired
Integrated Project Management
Level 0
SG - Specific Goals
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process

5. SW Eng Eng HD Systems
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
Disciplines
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
GP 2.3 Provide Resources

6. Capability Maturity Model Integration - Best Practices for model definition - implementation and improvement of PROCESSES
CMMI
Constellation CMMI
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
Maturity Levels Difficulties

7. The process is institutionalized as an optimizing process.
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
Levels of Maturity Benefits
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
PA - Process Area

8. Provide adequate resources for performing the process - developiing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
Levels
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders

9. Train the people performing or supporting the process as needed.
Constellation CMMI Dev
GP 2.5 Train People
Levels
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process

10. Quantitatively Managed Process controlled by statistical techniques
Level 4
GG - Generic Goals
Level 5
IPPD

11. Establish and maintain the description of a defined process.
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
Levels of Maturity Benefits
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
Constellation CMMI

12. The process is institutionalized as managed process.
Benefits
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
Level 0

13. Establish and maintain quantitative objectives for the process - which address quality and process performance - based on customer needs and business objectives.
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
Maturity Levels Difficulties
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
Levels

14. Integrated Product Development Processes and Optional Collaboration of Stakeholders during the product life
GP - Generic Practices
Disciplines
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
IPPD

15. Permits comparison between organizations
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Generic Goals Types
GG - Generic Goals
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process

16. Important activities to meet the SG Eexpected - Can be replaced by alternative practices
SP - Specific Practices
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
PA - Process Area
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process

17. In Optimization Process continuous improvement
Level 2
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
Level 5
Constellation CMMI Acq

18. Identify and correct the root causes of defects and other problems in the process.
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
Constellation CMMI

19. Establish and maintain the expected involvement of stakeholders during the execution of the process.
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
Generic Goals
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders

20. Develop products and services
GP 2.5 Train People
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
Constellation CMMI Dev
Requirements Mangement (REQM)

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.
GG - Generic Goals
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
Maturity Levels Difficulties
Level 3

22. Review the activities - status - and results of the process with higher level management and resolve issues.
Level 1
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
Constellation CMMI

23. Dev - Acq - Svc
Represents a subset of the ripening process
Constellation CMMI What?
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations

24. Monitor and control the process against the plan for performing the process and take appropriate corrective action.
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
Generic Goals Types
Constellation CMMI
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process

25. The process is institutionalized as a quantitatively managed process.
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
Generic Goals

26. Ensure continuos improvement of the process in fulfilling the relevant business objectives of the organization -
Maturity Levels Difficulties
PA - Process Area
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
Level 2

27. 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.
Quantitative Project Management
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
CMMI
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement

28. Place designated work products of the process under appropriate levels of control.
Represents a subset of the ripening process
Level 2
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations

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.
Level 4
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process

30. More flexible organization Easy comparison with ISO 15504
Benefits
GP - Generic Practices
Constellation CMMI Svc
Constellation CMMI Acq

31. Implemented process satisfies GG 1 (SG meets the BP)
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
Level 1
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process

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

33. Establish and maintain the plan for performing the process.
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
CMMI
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
SP - Specific Practices

34. GG 1 - Achieve specific goals (SG) GG 2 - Managed GG 3 - Defined GG 4 - Managed quantitatively GG 5 - In optimization = Institutionalize a process
Integrated Project Management
GG - Generic Goals
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Generic Goals Types

35. Deliver and support services
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
Generic Goals Types
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Constellation CMMI Svc

36. 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
CMMI
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
GP - Generic Practices

37. Assign responsibility and authority for performing the process - developing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
Maturity Levels Difficulties
Disciplines
Constellation CMMI What?
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility

38. Establish and maintain an organizational policy for planning and performing the process.
Level 1
GG - Generic Goals
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management

39. The achievement of each level...
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
Represents a subset of the ripening process
SP - Specific Practices
Generic Goals Types

40. Manage projects in order to quantify the way the process has been defined - to achieve the project's established quality and process performance objectives
IPPD
CMMI
Levels
Quantitative Project Management

41. Incomplete process not executed - or partially executed
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
Level 0
Constellation CMMI Dev

42. Defined Process is adapted from the organization's standard
Benefits
Level 5
Level 2
Level 3

43. Objective evaluate adherence of the process against its process description - standards - and procedures - and address noncompliance.
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
Levels of Maturity Benefits

44. Supplies - services and acquisitions
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
Constellation CMMI Acq
Constellation CMMI Svc
Represents a subset of the ripening process

45. 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
Quantitative Project Management
Level 3
Represents a subset of the ripening process

46. Goals that are repeated for multiple PA. required
Generic Goals
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
Level 4
GG - Generic Goals

47. 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 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
CMMI
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices

48. 1 - Home 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - In optimization
Constellation CMMI Svc
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
Quantitative Project Management
Maturity

49. 0 - Incomplete 1 - Run 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - Tuning In
Integrated Project Management
Levels
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
Requirements Mangement (REQM)

50. The process is institutionalized as a defined process.
GP 2.5 Train People
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
Represents a subset of the ripening process
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process