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CMMI: Capability Maturity Model Integration

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1. The process is institutionalized as a defined process.
Integrated Project Management
Level 2
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
GP 2.5 Train People

2. Goals that are repeated for multiple PA. required
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Difficulties
Benefits
GG - Generic Goals

3. Assign responsibility and authority for performing the process - developing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
GP 2.5 Train People

4. In Optimization Process continuous improvement
Level 5
Constellation CMMI What?
Level 3
Level 4

5. Quantitatively Managed Process controlled by statistical techniques
Level 4
Constellation CMMI What?
Constellation CMMI Dev
Levels of Maturity Benefits

6. Perform the specific practices of the process area to develop work products and provide services to achieve the specific goals of the process area.
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process

7. Supplies - services and acquisitions
Constellation CMMI Acq
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
Level 0
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence

8. 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
Constellation CMMI Svc
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process

9. Provide adequate resources for performing the process - developiing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
PA - Process Area
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence

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
Integrated Project Management
GP 2.5 Train People
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
Constellation CMMI

11. 0 - Incomplete 1 - Run 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - Tuning In
PA - Process Area
Maturity
Generic Goals Types
Levels

12. Review the activities - status - and results of the process with higher level management and resolve issues.
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
GP 2.2 Plan the Process

13. Manage projects in order to quantify the way the process has been defined - to achieve the project's established quality and process performance objectives
CMMI
GP - Generic Practices
Quantitative Project Management
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy

14. Permits comparison between organizations
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
Level 3
Levels of Maturity Benefits
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders

15. The achievement of each level...
Represents a subset of the ripening process
CMMI
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
PA - Process Area

16. Keeping a clear understanding with our customer and other stakeholders about the services we provide and adjusting when you find inconsistencies.
Level 2
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Level 4

17. Establish and maintain the plan for performing the process.
Benefits
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
Generic Goals

18. Establish and maintain quantitative objectives for the process - which address quality and process performance - based on customer needs and business objectives.
Level 5
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
Represents a subset of the ripening process
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process

19. Objective evaluate adherence of the process against its process description - standards - and procedures - and address noncompliance.
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence

20. SW Eng Eng HD Systems
PA - Process Area
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
CMMI
Disciplines

21. Deliver and support services
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
Constellation CMMI Svc

22. Implemented process satisfies GG 1 (SG meets the BP)
Generic Goals Types
CMMI
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
Level 1

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.
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
Benefits
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information

24. Set of components to satisfy a specific area of interest 16 areas of common processes
Level 1
Constellation CMMI
Level 3
Level 5

25. Capability Maturity Model Integration - Best Practices for model definition - implementation and improvement of PROCESSES
Level 1
CMMI
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
IPPD

26. Incomplete process not executed - or partially executed
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
Level 3
IPPD
Level 0

27. Stiffness in the selection of APs to be improved cost may be higher if the organization does not have any interest in PA
Difficulties
Maturity Levels Difficulties
Level 3
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process

28. Develop products and services
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
Constellation CMMI Dev
Level 2
Maturity

29. There is total flexibility - dependency between PA's unproven ROI
Integrated Project Management
Constellation CMMI Acq
Difficulties
Levels of Maturity Benefits

30. Establish and maintain the description of a defined process.
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
Constellation CMMI What?
Maturity Levels Difficulties
Level 3

31. The process is institutionalized as a quantitatively managed process.
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
Difficulties
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance

32. 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.
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy

33. Managed Process planned and implemented in accordance with the project
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
GP - Generic Practices
Level 2
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence

34. Practices related to an area that when implemeneted jointly meet a conj. goal considered important to realize significant improvements in that area.
PA - Process Area
Benefits
Represents a subset of the ripening process
Level 0

35. Establish and maintain the expected involvement of stakeholders during the execution of the process.
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
IPPD
Level 2
SP - Specific Practices

36. GG 1 - Achieve specific goals (SG) GG 2 - Managed GG 3 - Defined GG 4 - Managed quantitatively GG 5 - In optimization = Institutionalize a process
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
SG - Specific Goals
Generic Goals Types
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information

37. Place designated work products of the process under appropriate levels of control.
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
Disciplines

38. 1 - Home 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - In optimization
Maturity
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
Constellation CMMI Dev
IPPD

39. Activities to ensure that APs are Effective- Repeatable and Durable - Can be replaced by alternative practices
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
GP - Generic Practices
Level 1
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals

40. Ensure continuos improvement of the process in fulfilling the relevant business objectives of the organization -
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
Difficulties

41. Results that must be achieved to satisfy the PA. reuired
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
SG - Specific Goals
Level 3
Constellation CMMI Acq

42. Levels are achieved by...
Levels
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Generic Goals

43. More flexible organization Easy comparison with ISO 15504
Level 5
Generic Goals
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
Benefits

44. Establish and maintain an organizational policy for planning and performing the process.
Quantitative Project Management
Constellation CMMI What?
Generic Goals
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy

45. Integrated Product Development Processes and Optional Collaboration of Stakeholders during the product life
IPPD
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
Constellation CMMI What?
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement

46. Dev - Acq - Svc
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
Constellation CMMI What?
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems

47. Train the people performing or supporting the process as needed.
GP 2.5 Train People
Constellation CMMI What?
Generic Goals Types
CMMI

48. Defined Process is adapted from the organization's standard
Constellation CMMI Svc
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
Level 4
Level 3

49. The process is institutionalized as managed process.
Difficulties
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
Maturity Levels Difficulties
Generic Goals

50. Important activities to meet the SG Eexpected - Can be replaced by alternative practices
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
SP - Specific Practices
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
Generic Goals Types