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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.
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement

2. 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 - Generic Goals
Quantitative Project Management
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
GP 2.2 Plan the Process

3. Establish and maintain the description of a defined process.
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
Level 5
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
Constellation CMMI Dev

4. Capability Maturity Model Integration - Best Practices for model definition - implementation and improvement of PROCESSES
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
CMMI
GP 2.5 Train People

5. Review the activities - status - and results of the process with higher level management and resolve issues.
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
Level 5

6. Set of components to satisfy a specific area of interest 16 areas of common processes
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
Constellation CMMI
Level 1
Quantitative Project Management

7. Develop products and services
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
Constellation CMMI Dev

8. Goals that are repeated for multiple PA. required
GG - Generic Goals
GP - Generic Practices
Level 3
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information

9. Place designated work products of the process under appropriate levels of control.
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
IPPD

10. 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
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
Constellation CMMI Dev
Integrated Project Management
CMMI

11. Results that must be achieved to satisfy the PA. reuired
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
Integrated Project Management
SG - Specific Goals
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process

12. 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
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
Disciplines
GP 2.2 Plan the Process

13. Dev - Acq - Svc
IPPD
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
Constellation CMMI What?
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy

14. Ensure continuos improvement of the process in fulfilling the relevant business objectives of the organization -
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
CMMI
Generic Goals

15. 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 2.2 Plan the Process
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
Constellation CMMI Dev
PA - Process Area

16. Stiffness in the selection of APs to be improved cost may be higher if the organization does not have any interest in PA
Difficulties
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Level 4
Maturity Levels Difficulties

17. Deliver and support services
Level 0
Constellation CMMI Svc
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
Level 5

18. Permits comparison between organizations
GG - Generic Goals
Levels of Maturity Benefits
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility

19. Activities to ensure that APs are Effective- Repeatable and Durable - Can be replaced by alternative practices
Level 4
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
GP - Generic Practices
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process

20. Levels are achieved by...
GP - Generic Practices
Maturity Levels Difficulties
Benefits
Generic Goals

21. 1 - Home 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - In optimization
GP 2.5 Train People
GP - Generic Practices
Level 3
Maturity

22. Objective evaluate adherence of the process against its process description - standards - and procedures - and address noncompliance.
Benefits
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
GP - Generic Practices
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence

23. Quantitatively Managed Process controlled by statistical techniques
Constellation CMMI Dev
Level 4
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
Level 0

24. Incomplete process not executed - or partially executed
Represents a subset of the ripening process
Generic Goals Types
Maturity Levels Difficulties
Level 0

25. Establish and maintain the plan for performing the process.
Levels
GP 2.5 Train People
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
GP 2.2 Plan the Process

26. 0 - Incomplete 1 - Run 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - Tuning In
Levels
Constellation CMMI Svc
Levels of Maturity Benefits
IPPD

27. Defined Process is adapted from the organization's standard
Level 3
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
Maturity Levels Difficulties

28. 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
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
GP 2.3 Provide Resources

29. 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 2.6 Manage Configurations
Quantitative Project Management
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals

30. GG 1 - Achieve specific goals (SG) GG 2 - Managed GG 3 - Defined GG 4 - Managed quantitatively GG 5 - In optimization = Institutionalize a process
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
Generic Goals Types
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process

31. Practices related to an area that when implemeneted jointly meet a conj. goal considered important to realize significant improvements in that area.
Constellation CMMI Dev
PA - Process Area
Level 1
IPPD

32. Important activities to meet the SG Eexpected - Can be replaced by alternative practices
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
CMMI
Levels
SP - Specific Practices

33. Supplies - services and acquisitions
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
Constellation CMMI Dev
Maturity
Constellation CMMI Acq

34. 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
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
Represents a subset of the ripening process
Constellation CMMI What?

35. The process is institutionalized as managed process.
Level 2
GG - Generic Goals
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
Integrated Project Management

36. Provide adequate resources for performing the process - developiing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
Integrated Project Management
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
GP 2.3 Provide Resources

37. Establish and maintain an organizational policy for planning and performing the process.
GP - Generic Practices
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
SG - Specific Goals

38. SW Eng Eng HD Systems
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
Level 1
Disciplines
Constellation CMMI Dev

39. 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.
CMMI
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
Generic Goals Types
Constellation CMMI Dev

40. Integrated Product Development Processes and Optional Collaboration of Stakeholders during the product life
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
SP - Specific Practices
IPPD
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information

41. There is total flexibility - dependency between PA's unproven ROI
Constellation CMMI
Difficulties
SP - Specific Practices
Level 3

42. Train the people performing or supporting the process as needed.
GP 2.5 Train People
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
Level 5
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility

43. Establish and maintain quantitative objectives for the process - which address quality and process performance - based on customer needs and business objectives.
Level 4
Difficulties
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
IPPD

44. More flexible organization Easy comparison with ISO 15504
Benefits
Disciplines
Represents a subset of the ripening process
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance

45. The process is institutionalized as a quantitatively managed process.
Level 5
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
GP 2.5 Train People
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices

46. In Optimization Process continuous improvement
Level 5
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
Level 1
Level 0

47. The process is institutionalized as a defined process.
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
Level 3
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
Constellation CMMI Acq

48. The process is institutionalized as an optimizing process.
Level 5
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
Quantitative Project Management

49. Managed Process planned and implemented in accordance with the project
Level 2
Level 0
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals

50. Establish and maintain the expected involvement of stakeholders during the execution of the process.
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
GP - Generic Practices
GP 2.3 Provide Resources