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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.
Constellation CMMI
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
Level 1
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance

2. Review the activities - status - and results of the process with higher level management and resolve issues.
IPPD
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
Maturity Levels Difficulties
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management

3. The process is institutionalized as managed process.
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
Constellation CMMI What?
PA - Process Area
Level 3

4. Defined Process is adapted from the organization's standard
Constellation CMMI What?
Level 3
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
Maturity

5. Establish and maintain quantitative objectives for the process - which address quality and process performance - based on customer needs and business objectives.
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
Benefits
Constellation CMMI What?
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process

6. Integrated Product Development Processes and Optional Collaboration of Stakeholders during the product life
IPPD
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
Represents a subset of the ripening process
Integrated Project Management

7. More flexible organization Easy comparison with ISO 15504
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
Benefits
Difficulties
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders

8. 1 - Home 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - In optimization
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
Level 1
Maturity Levels Difficulties
Maturity

9. 0 - Incomplete 1 - Run 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - Tuning In
Levels
Difficulties
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals

10. Identify and correct the root causes of defects and other problems in the process.
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
Generic Goals
Integrated Project Management
Requirements Mangement (REQM)

11. Managed Process planned and implemented in accordance with the project
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
Level 2
Level 3

12. Activities to ensure that APs are Effective- Repeatable and Durable - Can be replaced by alternative practices
GP - Generic Practices
Constellation CMMI Svc
Level 1
SG - Specific Goals

13. GG 1 - Achieve specific goals (SG) GG 2 - Managed GG 3 - Defined GG 4 - Managed quantitatively GG 5 - In optimization = Institutionalize a process
GP - Generic Practices
Generic Goals Types
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
IPPD

14. Provide adequate resources for performing the process - developiing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
Generic Goals Types
IPPD
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy

15. Develop products and services
Constellation CMMI Dev
Level 2
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process

16. Ensure continuos improvement of the process in fulfilling the relevant business objectives of the organization -
Level 3
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
Integrated Project Management
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement

17. The process is institutionalized as a defined process.
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
Represents a subset of the ripening process
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
Constellation CMMI Svc

18. Set of components to satisfy a specific area of interest 16 areas of common processes
Difficulties
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
Constellation CMMI
Level 4

19. Capability Maturity Model Integration - Best Practices for model definition - implementation and improvement of PROCESSES
Constellation CMMI Acq
SP - Specific Practices
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
CMMI

20. Train the people performing or supporting the process as needed.
Disciplines
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
GP 2.5 Train People
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management

21. Assign responsibility and authority for performing the process - developing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
Generic Goals Types
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process

22. In Optimization Process continuous improvement
Integrated Project Management
Level 5
Maturity Levels Difficulties
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance

23. 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 2.3 Provide Resources
IPPD
Integrated Project Management
Constellation CMMI Dev

24. 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
Level 0
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process

25. There is total flexibility - dependency between PA's unproven ROI
Difficulties
Generic Goals Types
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices

26. SW Eng Eng HD Systems
Maturity Levels Difficulties
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
Generic Goals
Disciplines

27. Results that must be achieved to satisfy the PA. reuired
SG - Specific Goals
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
Maturity
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process

28. Supplies - services and acquisitions
GP - Generic Practices
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
Constellation CMMI Acq
Level 0

29. Keeping a clear understanding with our customer and other stakeholders about the services we provide and adjusting when you find inconsistencies.
PA - Process Area
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
Benefits

30. 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.
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
GP - Generic Practices
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information

31. Implemented process satisfies GG 1 (SG meets the BP)
Level 1
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
Difficulties
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance

32. Incomplete process not executed - or partially executed
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
Level 0
GP 2.2 Plan the Process

33. The achievement of each level...
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
Represents a subset of the ripening process
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy

34. 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
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
Maturity
Integrated Project Management

35. Dev - Acq - Svc
GG - Generic Goals
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
Level 3
Constellation CMMI What?

36. Levels are achieved by...
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
Difficulties
Generic Goals

37. Quantitatively Managed Process controlled by statistical techniques
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
Level 4
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence

38. Permits comparison between organizations
Maturity
GP - Generic Practices
Levels of Maturity Benefits
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process

39. Establish and maintain the description of a defined process.
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
Level 5
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process

40. The process is institutionalized as a quantitatively managed process.
Constellation CMMI Dev
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
Level 2

41. Goals that are repeated for multiple PA. required
Level 4
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
GG - Generic Goals
GP 2.3 Provide Resources

42. 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
SP - Specific Practices
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process

43. Establish and maintain an organizational policy for planning and performing the process.
Constellation CMMI Dev
Benefits
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
Levels

44. Establish and maintain the expected involvement of stakeholders during the execution of the process.
Constellation CMMI Acq
Levels of Maturity Benefits
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders

45. Place designated work products of the process under appropriate levels of control.
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
GG - Generic Goals
Level 3

46. Manage projects in order to quantify the way the process has been defined - to achieve the project's established quality and process performance objectives
Maturity
Quantitative Project Management
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
SP - Specific Practices

47. Deliver and support services
GG - Generic Goals
Constellation CMMI Svc
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process

48. The process is institutionalized as an optimizing process.
CMMI
Level 4
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility

49. Monitor and control the process against the plan for performing the process and take appropriate corrective action.
CMMI
PA - Process Area
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
Maturity Levels Difficulties

50. Important activities to meet the SG Eexpected - Can be replaced by alternative practices
Levels of Maturity Benefits
SG - Specific Goals
SP - Specific Practices
Level 4