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CMMI: Capability Maturity Model Integration

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1. Set of components to satisfy a specific area of interest 16 areas of common processes
Quantitative Project Management
Level 3
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
Constellation CMMI

2. SW Eng Eng HD Systems
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
Disciplines
CMMI
GP 2.3 Provide Resources

3. 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 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
Level 2
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information

4. Results that must be achieved to satisfy the PA. reuired
Generic Goals
SG - Specific Goals
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
Generic Goals Types

5. Capability Maturity Model Integration - Best Practices for model definition - implementation and improvement of PROCESSES
Level 3
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
CMMI
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy

6. Deliver and support services
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
Constellation CMMI What?
Constellation CMMI Svc
PA - Process Area

7. Review the activities - status - and results of the process with higher level management and resolve issues.
Quantitative Project Management
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
Integrated Project Management
GG - Generic Goals

8. The process is institutionalized as managed process.
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
Level 4
GP 2.5 Train People

9. Keeping a clear understanding with our customer and other stakeholders about the services we provide and adjusting when you find inconsistencies.
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy

10. Establish and maintain the description of a defined process.
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process

11. Quantitatively Managed Process controlled by statistical techniques
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
Level 4
Level 1
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information

12. Activities to ensure that APs are Effective- Repeatable and Durable - Can be replaced by alternative practices
SP - Specific Practices
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
Maturity Levels Difficulties
GP - Generic Practices

13. Train the people performing or supporting the process as needed.
Constellation CMMI Acq
GP 2.5 Train People
Disciplines
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals

14. Managed Process planned and implemented in accordance with the project
Represents a subset of the ripening process
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Level 2

15. There is total flexibility - dependency between PA's unproven ROI
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
Difficulties
GP 2.5 Train People

16. Establish and maintain quantitative objectives for the process - which address quality and process performance - based on customer needs and business objectives.
Level 2
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
SP - Specific Practices
Constellation CMMI Svc

17. 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
SP - Specific Practices
Generic Goals

18. Objective evaluate adherence of the process against its process description - standards - and procedures - and address noncompliance.
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
Maturity Levels Difficulties
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence

19. Provide adequate resources for performing the process - developiing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
Levels of Maturity Benefits

20. Establish and maintain the plan for performing the process.
IPPD
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
Disciplines
GP 2.5 Train People

21. The process is institutionalized as an optimizing process.
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
PA - Process Area
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
Quantitative Project Management

22. Levels are achieved by...
Generic Goals Types
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
Generic Goals
Represents a subset of the ripening process

23. Implemented process satisfies GG 1 (SG meets the BP)
Level 0
Level 1
Represents a subset of the ripening process
Quantitative Project Management

24. Develop products and services
Level 0
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
Constellation CMMI Dev
IPPD

25. Monitor and control the process against the plan for performing the process and take appropriate corrective action.
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
Constellation CMMI
Constellation CMMI Svc

26. The achievement of each level...
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Level 5
Represents a subset of the ripening process
Quantitative Project Management

27. Supplies - services and acquisitions
Constellation CMMI Acq
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
IPPD
Generic Goals

28. More flexible organization Easy comparison with ISO 15504
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
Benefits
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
Represents a subset of the ripening process

29. In Optimization Process continuous improvement
Constellation CMMI Dev
Levels
Level 5
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence

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
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
SG - Specific Goals
Quantitative Project Management
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices

31. 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
Levels of Maturity Benefits
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
Integrated Project Management
GP 2.5 Train People

32. Practices related to an area that when implemeneted jointly meet a conj. goal considered important to realize significant improvements in that area.
GP - Generic Practices
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
GG - Generic Goals
PA - Process Area

33. 0 - Incomplete 1 - Run 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - Tuning In
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
Levels
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
Level 1

34. Important activities to meet the SG Eexpected - Can be replaced by alternative practices
Represents a subset of the ripening process
Level 1
Constellation CMMI Svc
SP - Specific Practices

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
CMMI
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility

36. Assign responsibility and authority for performing the process - developing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
Represents a subset of the ripening process
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
Level 2

37. Incomplete process not executed - or partially executed
CMMI
Level 0
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders

38. 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 0
Level 3
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations

39. Perform the specific practices of the process area to develop work products and provide services to achieve the specific goals of the process area.
Maturity
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
Level 3
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement

40. 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
Represents a subset of the ripening process
SP - Specific Practices
Constellation CMMI Svc

41. The process is institutionalized as a defined process.
SG - Specific Goals
Levels of Maturity Benefits
SP - Specific Practices
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process

42. Establish and maintain an organizational policy for planning and performing the process.
Constellation CMMI Acq
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
GP 2.5 Train People
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process

43. Identify and correct the root causes of defects and other problems in the process.
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
Levels
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
GP - Generic Practices

44. Defined Process is adapted from the organization's standard
Constellation CMMI Acq
Constellation CMMI
Level 3
Integrated Project Management

45. Goals that are repeated for multiple PA. required
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
GP - Generic Practices
GG - Generic Goals
GP 2.2 Plan the Process

46. Permits comparison between organizations
Integrated Project Management
Levels of Maturity Benefits
SP - Specific Practices
GP 2.2 Plan the Process

47. The process is institutionalized as a quantitatively managed process.
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
IPPD
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
Constellation CMMI What?

48. Establish and maintain the expected involvement of stakeholders during the execution of the process.
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
Quantitative Project Management
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
Generic Goals Types

49. 1 - Home 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - In optimization
Maturity
Level 5
SP - Specific Practices
GP 2.2 Plan the Process

50. Dev - Acq - Svc
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Constellation CMMI What?