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CMMI: Capability Maturity Model Integration

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1. Implemented process satisfies GG 1 (SG meets the BP)
GG - Generic Goals
Generic Goals Types
Level 1
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy

2. Assign responsibility and authority for performing the process - developing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
GG - Generic Goals
Level 1
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility

3. 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 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process

4. The process is institutionalized as managed process.
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
Difficulties
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy

5. Capability Maturity Model Integration - Best Practices for model definition - implementation and improvement of PROCESSES
Levels of Maturity Benefits
GP - Generic Practices
Generic Goals Types
CMMI

6. Stiffness in the selection of APs to be improved cost may be higher if the organization does not have any interest in PA
Level 3
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
Maturity Levels Difficulties
Level 2

7. Establish and maintain the description of a defined process.
GP 2.5 Train People
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
PA - Process Area

8. Train the people performing or supporting the process as needed.
Level 5
Maturity
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
GP 2.5 Train People

9. Levels are achieved by...
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
Disciplines
Generic Goals
Level 3

10. Place designated work products of the process under appropriate levels of control.
SG - Specific Goals
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
Maturity Levels Difficulties
Constellation CMMI Dev

11. In Optimization Process continuous improvement
Level 5
CMMI
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information

12. Objective evaluate adherence of the process against its process description - standards - and procedures - and address noncompliance.
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices

13. Activities to ensure that APs are Effective- Repeatable and Durable - Can be replaced by alternative practices
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
Levels
Maturity Levels Difficulties
GP - Generic Practices

14. Practices related to an area that when implemeneted jointly meet a conj. goal considered important to realize significant improvements in that area.
Maturity Levels Difficulties
PA - Process Area
Level 4
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management

15. The process is institutionalized as a quantitatively managed process.
Represents a subset of the ripening process
Maturity Levels Difficulties
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process

16. Supplies - services and acquisitions
Maturity
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
Represents a subset of the ripening process
Constellation CMMI Acq

17. Set of components to satisfy a specific area of interest 16 areas of common processes
GG - Generic Goals
Constellation CMMI
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
PA - Process Area

18. Deliver and support services
Level 3
Constellation CMMI Svc
Maturity
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process

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

20. 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 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
Level 0
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices

21. The process is institutionalized as a defined process.
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process

22. Ensure continuos improvement of the process in fulfilling the relevant business objectives of the organization -
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
Constellation CMMI Acq
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process

23. 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
Level 2
Constellation CMMI Acq
Maturity Levels Difficulties

24. Important activities to meet the SG Eexpected - Can be replaced by alternative practices
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
SP - Specific Practices
PA - Process Area
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process

25. More flexible organization Easy comparison with ISO 15504
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
Represents a subset of the ripening process
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
Benefits

26. Results that must be achieved to satisfy the PA. reuired
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
Generic Goals
Constellation CMMI Svc
SG - Specific Goals

27. Establish and maintain quantitative objectives for the process - which address quality and process performance - based on customer needs and business objectives.
Level 0
Maturity
Level 3
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process

28. Establish and maintain the expected involvement of stakeholders during the execution of the process.
Disciplines
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
Levels of Maturity Benefits
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process

29. Develop products and services
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
Represents a subset of the ripening process
Constellation CMMI Dev

30. 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
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Integrated Project Management
Constellation CMMI Svc
Represents a subset of the ripening process

31. Managed Process planned and implemented in accordance with the project
Level 2
SG - Specific Goals
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
Levels of Maturity Benefits

32. Provide adequate resources for performing the process - developiing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
GP 2.5 Train People

33. Monitor and control the process against the plan for performing the process and take appropriate corrective action.
Generic Goals
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
Constellation CMMI Acq

34. Permits comparison between organizations
Constellation CMMI What?
Level 5
Constellation CMMI Svc
Levels of Maturity Benefits

35. 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
Levels
Level 1
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement

36. There is total flexibility - dependency between PA's unproven ROI
Level 2
IPPD
Difficulties
Constellation CMMI Dev

37. Establish and maintain the plan for performing the process.
Constellation CMMI
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
GP 2.2 Plan the Process

38. The achievement of each level...
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
Represents a subset of the ripening process
Disciplines
Constellation CMMI Svc

39. Keeping a clear understanding with our customer and other stakeholders about the services we provide and adjusting when you find inconsistencies.
IPPD
Level 5
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process

40. GG 1 - Achieve specific goals (SG) GG 2 - Managed GG 3 - Defined GG 4 - Managed quantitatively GG 5 - In optimization = Institutionalize a process
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
Generic Goals Types
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy

41. Dev - Acq - Svc
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
SG - Specific Goals
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
Constellation CMMI What?

42. The process is institutionalized as an optimizing process.
SG - Specific Goals
Generic Goals Types
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
Level 5

43. Quantitatively Managed Process controlled by statistical techniques
IPPD
Level 4
Constellation CMMI Svc
CMMI

44. 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 - Generic Practices
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
Represents a subset of the ripening process

45. Incomplete process not executed - or partially executed
Integrated Project Management
Level 0
GP - Generic Practices
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management

46. Defined Process is adapted from the organization's standard
Level 3
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
GP 2.5 Train People
GP - Generic Practices

47. SW Eng Eng HD Systems
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
Disciplines
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
Integrated Project Management

48. 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
Constellation CMMI What?
Disciplines
GG - Generic Goals

49. Goals that are repeated for multiple PA. required
Maturity Levels Difficulties
GG - Generic Goals
Constellation CMMI Acq
Benefits

50. 0 - Incomplete 1 - Run 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - Tuning In
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
SG - Specific Goals
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
Levels