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CMMI: Capability Maturity Model Integration

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1. Keeping a clear understanding with our customer and other stakeholders about the services we provide and adjusting when you find inconsistencies.
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Benefits
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
Requirements Mangement (REQM)

2. Supplies - services and acquisitions
Constellation CMMI Acq
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process

3. Integrated Product Development Processes and Optional Collaboration of Stakeholders during the product life
IPPD
Disciplines
Constellation CMMI Svc
PA - Process Area

4. Establish and maintain an organizational policy for planning and performing the process.
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
IPPD
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Difficulties

5. Managed Process planned and implemented in accordance with the project
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
Constellation CMMI Svc
Level 2
GP 2.5 Train People

6. The achievement of each level...
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
Represents a subset of the ripening process
Generic Goals
GG - Generic Goals

7. 1 - Home 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - In optimization
Level 2
GP - Generic Practices
Generic Goals Types
Maturity

8. Objective evaluate adherence of the process against its process description - standards - and procedures - and address noncompliance.
Level 2
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
Quantitative Project Management
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations

9. Monitor and control the process against the plan for performing the process and take appropriate corrective action.
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders

10. Review the activities - status - and results of the process with higher level management and resolve issues.
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
Levels of Maturity Benefits
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement

11. Practices related to an area that when implemeneted jointly meet a conj. goal considered important to realize significant improvements in that area.
Generic Goals
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
PA - Process Area
Level 0

12. The process is institutionalized as a quantitatively managed process.
SG - Specific Goals
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement

13. 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 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
SP - Specific Practices
Integrated Project Management
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement

14. The process is institutionalized as an optimizing process.
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations

15. Quantitatively Managed Process controlled by statistical techniques
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
SG - Specific Goals
Level 4
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders

16. Ensure continuos improvement of the process in fulfilling the relevant business objectives of the organization -
Levels
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals

17. Stiffness in the selection of APs to be improved cost may be higher if the organization does not have any interest in PA
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
Maturity Levels Difficulties
Levels of Maturity Benefits
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process

18. Activities to ensure that APs are Effective- Repeatable and Durable - Can be replaced by alternative practices
Maturity
GP - Generic Practices
Level 3
Levels of Maturity Benefits

19. Capability Maturity Model Integration - Best Practices for model definition - implementation and improvement of PROCESSES
CMMI
Generic Goals
Difficulties
Level 4

20. Set of components to satisfy a specific area of interest 16 areas of common processes
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
Constellation CMMI
Generic Goals Types

21. There is total flexibility - dependency between PA's unproven ROI
Difficulties
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
Maturity Levels Difficulties
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance

22. Goals that are repeated for multiple PA. required
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
GG - Generic Goals

23. 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.
PA - Process Area
SG - Specific Goals
Integrated Project Management
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information

24. In Optimization Process continuous improvement
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
Generic Goals Types
Level 5
Represents a subset of the ripening process

25. 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 2.5 Train People
Quantitative Project Management
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
Difficulties

26. The process is institutionalized as a defined process.
Constellation CMMI
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
GG - Generic Goals
GP - Generic Practices

27. Identify and correct the root causes of defects and other problems in the process.
Integrated Project Management
GG - Generic Goals
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
Constellation CMMI Acq

28. Place designated work products of the process under appropriate levels of control.
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
Represents a subset of the ripening process
SP - Specific Practices
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance

29. Provide adequate resources for performing the process - developiing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
Level 1
Level 0
GP 2.2 Plan the Process

30. Important activities to meet the SG Eexpected - Can be replaced by alternative practices
Benefits
Level 4
SP - Specific Practices
Constellation CMMI

31. 0 - Incomplete 1 - Run 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - Tuning In
Generic Goals Types
Levels
Constellation CMMI Dev
Level 4

32. 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 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
Generic Goals
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
Integrated Project Management

33. Establish and maintain quantitative objectives for the process - which address quality and process performance - based on customer needs and business objectives.
Constellation CMMI Acq
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
Level 0
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process

34. SW Eng Eng HD Systems
CMMI
PA - Process Area
Disciplines
IPPD

35. 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 3
Quantitative Project Management
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices

36. Permits comparison between organizations
Disciplines
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Maturity Levels Difficulties
Constellation CMMI

37. Incomplete process not executed - or partially executed
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
Level 0
SG - Specific Goals

38. Deliver and support services
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
Constellation CMMI Dev
Levels
Constellation CMMI Svc

39. More flexible organization Easy comparison with ISO 15504
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
Benefits

40. Develop products and services
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
Constellation CMMI Dev
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information

41. The process is institutionalized as managed process.
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
Constellation CMMI Acq
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
Disciplines

42. Levels are achieved by...
Generic Goals
Level 3
Integrated Project Management
GP - Generic Practices

43. Results that must be achieved to satisfy the PA. reuired
SG - Specific Goals
GG - Generic Goals
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information

44. 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.
Level 4
Level 2
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
Level 3

45. Implemented process satisfies GG 1 (SG meets the BP)
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
Level 1
Level 0
Integrated Project Management

46. Train the people performing or supporting the process as needed.
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
GP 2.5 Train People
Difficulties

47. Defined Process is adapted from the organization's standard
Level 2
Level 3
Level 5
Requirements Mangement (REQM)

48. Assign responsibility and authority for performing the process - developing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
Level 5
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
Levels of Maturity Benefits

49. GG 1 - Achieve specific goals (SG) GG 2 - Managed GG 3 - Defined GG 4 - Managed quantitatively GG 5 - In optimization = Institutionalize a process
GP 2.5 Train People
Generic Goals Types
Quantitative Project Management
Represents a subset of the ripening process

50. Establish and maintain the expected involvement of stakeholders during the execution of the process.
SP - Specific Practices
Level 1
PA - Process Area
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders