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CMMI: Capability Maturity Model Integration

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1. Develop products and services
Level 1
Difficulties
Constellation CMMI Dev
Benefits

2. SW Eng Eng HD Systems
SP - Specific Practices
Integrated Project Management
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
Disciplines

3. Train the people performing or supporting the process as needed.
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
GP 2.5 Train People
Maturity Levels Difficulties

4. 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 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
Constellation CMMI
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices

5. Important activities to meet the SG Eexpected - Can be replaced by alternative practices
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Difficulties
Level 3
SP - Specific Practices

6. Goals that are repeated for multiple PA. required
GG - Generic Goals
GP 2.5 Train People
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
Constellation CMMI

7. Dev - Acq - Svc
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
Constellation CMMI What?
Level 4

8. Keeping a clear understanding with our customer and other stakeholders about the services we provide and adjusting when you find inconsistencies.
IPPD
Constellation CMMI Dev
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices

9. Establish and maintain the expected involvement of stakeholders during the execution of the process.
Level 5
Level 3
GP - Generic Practices
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders

10. The process is institutionalized as a quantitatively managed process.
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
Constellation CMMI Acq
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
Constellation CMMI Svc

11. The process is institutionalized as a defined process.
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
GP 2.3 Provide Resources

12. Review the activities - status - and results of the process with higher level management and resolve issues.
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management

13. 1 - Home 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - In optimization
Maturity
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
IPPD

14. 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 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information

15. Set of components to satisfy a specific area of interest 16 areas of common processes
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
Constellation CMMI
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
Disciplines

16. Levels are achieved by...
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
Maturity
Integrated Project Management
Generic Goals

17. Managed Process planned and implemented in accordance with the project
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
Constellation CMMI What?
Level 2
Maturity Levels Difficulties

18. Implemented process satisfies GG 1 (SG meets the BP)
PA - Process Area
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
Level 1
Constellation CMMI Svc

19. Integrated Product Development Processes and Optional Collaboration of Stakeholders during the product life
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
IPPD
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
Constellation CMMI

20. There is total flexibility - dependency between PA's unproven ROI
Quantitative Project Management
SP - Specific Practices
Difficulties
Constellation CMMI Acq

21. Establish and maintain an organizational policy for planning and performing the process.
Level 4
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
Difficulties
Level 3

22. Capability Maturity Model Integration - Best Practices for model definition - implementation and improvement of PROCESSES
IPPD
CMMI
Integrated Project Management
Constellation CMMI

23. Practices related to an area that when implemeneted jointly meet a conj. goal considered important to realize significant improvements in that area.
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
PA - Process Area
Constellation CMMI Dev
GG - Generic Goals

24. Deliver and support services
Integrated Project Management
Difficulties
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
Constellation CMMI Svc

25. Activities to ensure that APs are Effective- Repeatable and Durable - Can be replaced by alternative practices
GP - Generic Practices
Constellation CMMI Dev
GG - Generic Goals
GP 2.5 Train People

26. The achievement of each level...
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
Represents a subset of the ripening process
Constellation CMMI Acq
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process

27. Establish and maintain the description of a defined process.
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
CMMI

28. Place designated work products of the process under appropriate levels of control.
Levels of Maturity Benefits
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
GP 2.2 Plan the Process

29. Incomplete process not executed - or partially executed
Level 0
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
Disciplines
Constellation CMMI Svc

30. The process is institutionalized as an optimizing process.
Maturity Levels Difficulties
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
GG - Generic Goals

31. Provide adequate resources for performing the process - developiing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
Generic Goals

32. 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 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
SG - Specific Goals
Level 3

33. Defined Process is adapted from the organization's standard
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
Level 3
Constellation CMMI
Constellation CMMI Svc

34. 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 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Level 2

35. Establish and maintain quantitative objectives for the process - which address quality and process performance - based on customer needs and business objectives.
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process

36. Ensure continuos improvement of the process in fulfilling the relevant business objectives of the organization -
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
GP - Generic Practices
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement

37. Identify and correct the root causes of defects and other problems in the process.
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information

38. More flexible organization Easy comparison with ISO 15504
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
Benefits
Constellation CMMI

39. 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
Generic Goals
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
Integrated Project Management

40. Quantitatively Managed Process controlled by statistical techniques
SP - Specific Practices
Level 4
Levels
IPPD

41. Assign responsibility and authority for performing the process - developing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
Quantitative Project Management
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process

42. In Optimization Process continuous improvement
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
Level 5
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
Represents a subset of the ripening process

43. 0 - Incomplete 1 - Run 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - Tuning In
Levels
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
Maturity Levels Difficulties

44. Results that must be achieved to satisfy the PA. reuired
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
Constellation CMMI Acq
SG - Specific Goals
Constellation CMMI Dev

45. Monitor and control the process against the plan for performing the process and take appropriate corrective action.
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
Difficulties
Constellation CMMI

46. Establish and maintain the plan for performing the process.
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
Level 5

47. Manage projects in order to quantify the way the process has been defined - to achieve the project's established quality and process performance objectives
Quantitative Project Management
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
Level 3

48. Supplies - services and acquisitions
Constellation CMMI Acq
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
Level 3

49. The process is institutionalized as managed process.
SP - Specific Practices
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
Levels of Maturity Benefits
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process

50. Objective evaluate adherence of the process against its process description - standards - and procedures - and address noncompliance.
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence