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CMMI: Capability Maturity Model Integration

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1. Place designated work products of the process under appropriate levels of control.
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
Level 4
Benefits
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process

2. 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 2.5 Train People
Constellation CMMI What?
Level 5

3. Ensure continuos improvement of the process in fulfilling the relevant business objectives of the organization -
Represents a subset of the ripening process
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
Quantitative Project Management

4. SW Eng Eng HD Systems
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
Generic Goals
Disciplines
Level 3

5. Deliver and support services
Constellation CMMI Svc
Level 2
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
Integrated Project Management

6. Integrated Product Development Processes and Optional Collaboration of Stakeholders during the product life
GP 2.5 Train People
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
IPPD

7. 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 5
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
PA - Process Area
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders

8. Managed Process planned and implemented in accordance with the project
Constellation CMMI Dev
Level 4
Level 2
Level 3

9. Incomplete process not executed - or partially executed
Level 0
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Constellation CMMI Acq

10. Goals that are repeated for multiple PA. required
SP - Specific Practices
Constellation CMMI Acq
GG - Generic Goals
Level 4

11. Capability Maturity Model Integration - Best Practices for model definition - implementation and improvement of PROCESSES
Represents a subset of the ripening process
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
CMMI

12. Practices related to an area that when implemeneted jointly meet a conj. goal considered important to realize significant improvements in that area.
Maturity
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
Level 0
PA - Process Area

13. Establish and maintain quantitative objectives for the process - which address quality and process performance - based on customer needs and business objectives.
Constellation CMMI Svc
Level 1
Integrated Project Management
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process

14. Train the people performing or supporting the process as needed.
Constellation CMMI Svc
Represents a subset of the ripening process
IPPD
GP 2.5 Train People

15. Dev - Acq - Svc
Constellation CMMI What?
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
Level 1
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information

16. The process is institutionalized as a quantitatively managed process.
SG - Specific Goals
Represents a subset of the ripening process
Integrated Project Management
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process

17. Implemented process satisfies GG 1 (SG meets the BP)
Maturity
Level 1
Level 2
Constellation CMMI What?

18. 0 - Incomplete 1 - Run 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - Tuning In
Quantitative Project Management
Level 3
Levels
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance

19. Review the activities - status - and results of the process with higher level management and resolve issues.
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
Generic Goals Types
Generic Goals
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process

20. Establish and maintain an organizational policy for planning and performing the process.
Constellation CMMI
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process

21. Keeping a clear understanding with our customer and other stakeholders about the services we provide and adjusting when you find inconsistencies.
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
GG - Generic Goals
Requirements Mangement (REQM)

22. Levels are achieved by...
Generic Goals
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
Maturity
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations

23. Provide adequate resources for performing the process - developiing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
Generic Goals Types

24. Identify and correct the root causes of defects and other problems in the process.
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
GG - Generic Goals

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 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
Quantitative Project Management
Constellation CMMI Acq
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence

26. There is total flexibility - dependency between PA's unproven ROI
Difficulties
Constellation CMMI What?
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders

27. 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 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
Disciplines
Level 5

28. GG 1 - Achieve specific goals (SG) GG 2 - Managed GG 3 - Defined GG 4 - Managed quantitatively GG 5 - In optimization = Institutionalize a process
Level 3
Generic Goals Types
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
Quantitative Project Management

29. 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 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
GP 2.5 Train People
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations

30. More flexible organization Easy comparison with ISO 15504
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
Benefits
Level 3
Represents a subset of the ripening process

31. Establish and maintain the expected involvement of stakeholders during the execution of the process.
Constellation CMMI What?
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
GP - Generic Practices
Quantitative Project Management

32. Results that must be achieved to satisfy the PA. reuired
IPPD
SG - Specific Goals
Level 2
Level 3

33. Establish and maintain the description of a defined process.
Level 3
Constellation CMMI What?
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
GP 2.3 Provide Resources

34. Permits comparison between organizations
IPPD
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Levels

35. 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
Quantitative Project Management
SP - Specific Practices
CMMI
Integrated Project Management

36. 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
Constellation CMMI
GP 2.5 Train People
Levels

37. Objective evaluate adherence of the process against its process description - standards - and procedures - and address noncompliance.
Generic Goals Types
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
Constellation CMMI What?
Disciplines

38. Defined Process is adapted from the organization's standard
Difficulties
Benefits
Maturity Levels Difficulties
Level 3

39. The process is institutionalized as an optimizing process.
Generic Goals
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance

40. Assign responsibility and authority for performing the process - developing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
Benefits
Constellation CMMI What?
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility

41. Establish and maintain the plan for performing the process.
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement

42. The process is institutionalized as a defined process.
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
Maturity Levels Difficulties
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process

43. 1 - Home 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - In optimization
Maturity
Generic Goals
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
Level 1

44. In Optimization Process continuous improvement
Level 5
SP - Specific Practices
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process

45. Quantitatively Managed Process controlled by statistical techniques
PA - Process Area
Constellation CMMI What?
Level 4
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process

46. Set of components to satisfy a specific area of interest 16 areas of common processes
SP - Specific Practices
Constellation CMMI
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
Constellation CMMI Dev

47. Supplies - services and acquisitions
GP 2.5 Train People
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
Constellation CMMI Acq
Requirements Mangement (REQM)

48. The achievement of each level...
Level 1
Disciplines
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
Represents a subset of the ripening process

49. Activities to ensure that APs are Effective- Repeatable and Durable - Can be replaced by alternative practices
Level 5
GP - Generic Practices
Level 2
Levels

50. Develop products and services
GG - Generic Goals
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
Level 0
Constellation CMMI Dev