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CMMI: Capability Maturity Model Integration

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1. Levels are achieved by...
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
Represents a subset of the ripening process
Generic Goals
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information

2. Deliver and support services
Constellation CMMI Svc
Generic Goals Types
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management

3. There is total flexibility - dependency between PA's unproven ROI
CMMI
Difficulties
Generic Goals Types
Maturity

4. The process is institutionalized as an optimizing process.
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
SP - Specific Practices
Level 4
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process

5. Set of components to satisfy a specific area of interest 16 areas of common processes
Benefits
Generic Goals
Constellation CMMI
Level 4

6. Review the activities - status - and results of the process with higher level management and resolve issues.
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management

7. Keeping a clear understanding with our customer and other stakeholders about the services we provide and adjusting when you find inconsistencies.
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
Level 3
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
Requirements Mangement (REQM)

8. Defined Process is adapted from the organization's standard
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
Level 3
Level 4
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management

9. 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
Benefits
GG - Generic Goals
Requirements Mangement (REQM)

10. The achievement of each level...
Represents a subset of the ripening process
Generic Goals
Level 0
Integrated Project Management

11. 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 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
Maturity Levels Difficulties

12. The process is institutionalized as a quantitatively managed process.
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
Maturity Levels Difficulties
GG - Generic Goals

13. Provide adequate resources for performing the process - developiing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
Constellation CMMI Dev
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders

14. Train the people performing or supporting the process as needed.
IPPD
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
SP - Specific Practices
GP 2.5 Train People

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

16. Implemented process satisfies GG 1 (SG meets the BP)
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
Represents a subset of the ripening process
Level 1
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy

17. Stiffness in the selection of APs to be improved cost may be higher if the organization does not have any interest in PA
Constellation CMMI Acq
CMMI
Maturity Levels Difficulties
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process

18. Capability Maturity Model Integration - Best Practices for model definition - implementation and improvement of PROCESSES
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
Represents a subset of the ripening process
CMMI
Quantitative Project Management

19. 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 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
Level 5
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
Integrated Project Management

20. Assign responsibility and authority for performing the process - developing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
CMMI
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
Constellation CMMI Acq

21. Establish and maintain an organizational policy for planning and performing the process.
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
Maturity
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
Level 5

22. Supplies - services and acquisitions
Constellation CMMI Acq
Generic Goals Types
Disciplines
GP 2.5 Train People

23. More flexible organization Easy comparison with ISO 15504
Generic Goals Types
Level 1
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
Benefits

24. 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.
Level 5
Generic Goals Types
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence

25. Practices related to an area that when implemeneted jointly meet a conj. goal considered important to realize significant improvements in that area.
Levels of Maturity Benefits
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
PA - Process Area
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement

26. In Optimization Process continuous improvement
Level 5
IPPD
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
Constellation CMMI Acq

27. Identify and correct the root causes of defects and other problems in the process.
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
Constellation CMMI Acq
Level 3
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems

28. Objective evaluate adherence of the process against its process description - standards - and procedures - and address noncompliance.
Levels of Maturity Benefits
PA - Process Area
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence

29. Important activities to meet the SG Eexpected - Can be replaced by alternative practices
Level 3
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
SP - Specific Practices
Generic Goals

30. Establish and maintain quantitative objectives for the process - which address quality and process performance - based on customer needs and business objectives.
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
GP - Generic Practices

31. Permits comparison between organizations
Quantitative Project Management
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
Levels of Maturity Benefits
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders

32. 1 - Home 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - In optimization
SP - Specific Practices
Difficulties
Maturity
Levels

33. Dev - Acq - Svc
Constellation CMMI What?
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
Difficulties

34. Results that must be achieved to satisfy the PA. reuired
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
SP - Specific Practices
SG - Specific Goals

35. Develop products and services
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
Constellation CMMI Dev
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
Requirements Mangement (REQM)

36. Incomplete process not executed - or partially executed
Generic Goals Types
Level 0
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
Constellation CMMI Acq

37. GG 1 - Achieve specific goals (SG) GG 2 - Managed GG 3 - Defined GG 4 - Managed quantitatively GG 5 - In optimization = Institutionalize a process
Constellation CMMI
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
Benefits
Generic Goals Types

38. Establish and maintain the expected involvement of stakeholders during the execution of the process.
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
GP - Generic Practices
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders

39. Activities to ensure that APs are Effective- Repeatable and Durable - Can be replaced by alternative practices
Integrated Project Management
Constellation CMMI Svc
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
GP - Generic Practices

40. Quantitatively Managed Process controlled by statistical techniques
Constellation CMMI Acq
Level 5
Level 4
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process

41. Monitor and control the process against the plan for performing the process and take appropriate corrective action.
Integrated Project Management
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
GP 2.5 Train People
Constellation CMMI Svc

42. The process is institutionalized as a defined process.
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
Generic Goals
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
IPPD

43. Establish and maintain the plan for performing the process.
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
IPPD
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
Level 5

44. Goals that are repeated for multiple PA. required
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
GG - Generic Goals
GP - Generic Practices
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility

45. Place designated work products of the process under appropriate levels of control.
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
Constellation CMMI Svc
Levels of Maturity Benefits
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations

46. Integrated Product Development Processes and Optional Collaboration of Stakeholders during the product life
CMMI
IPPD
Level 0
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement

47. Managed Process planned and implemented in accordance with the project
Level 3
Level 2
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
Level 4

48. Ensure continuos improvement of the process in fulfilling the relevant business objectives of the organization -
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
Generic Goals Types

49. 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.
Constellation CMMI
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
Generic Goals
GP - Generic Practices

50. The process is institutionalized as managed process.
Constellation CMMI What?
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process