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CMMI: Capability Maturity Model Integration

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1. Objective evaluate adherence of the process against its process description - standards - and procedures - and address noncompliance.
Constellation CMMI
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process

2. Implemented process satisfies GG 1 (SG meets the BP)
Disciplines
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
Level 5
Level 1

3. Place designated work products of the process under appropriate levels of control.
SG - Specific Goals
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
Quantitative Project Management

4. Ensure continuos improvement of the process in fulfilling the relevant business objectives of the organization -
Benefits
Constellation CMMI Svc
Levels of Maturity Benefits
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement

5. Establish and maintain the expected involvement of stakeholders during the execution of the process.
Constellation CMMI Svc
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
Level 5
Maturity

6. Dev - Acq - Svc
Integrated Project Management
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
Constellation CMMI What?
Level 4

7. Important activities to meet the SG Eexpected - Can be replaced by alternative practices
SP - Specific Practices
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
Disciplines
Levels of Maturity Benefits

8. Quantitatively Managed Process controlled by statistical techniques
Level 4
Levels
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
Level 3

9. Incomplete process not executed - or partially executed
GG - Generic Goals
Level 0
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process

10. The achievement of each level...
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
Level 2
Represents a subset of the ripening process
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals

11. Deliver and support services
Integrated Project Management
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
Constellation CMMI Svc
Level 3

12. 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
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
Levels
Generic Goals Types

13. Defined Process is adapted from the organization's standard
Difficulties
Level 3
Level 5
Quantitative Project Management

14. Monitor and control the process against the plan for performing the process and take appropriate corrective action.
Level 1
Benefits
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations

15. Establish and maintain quantitative objectives for the process - which address quality and process performance - based on customer needs and business objectives.
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
Difficulties
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
GP 2.3 Provide Resources

16. Identify and correct the root causes of defects and other problems in the process.
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
GG - Generic Goals

17. Permits comparison between organizations
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
Integrated Project Management
Disciplines
Levels of Maturity Benefits

18. There is total flexibility - dependency between PA's unproven ROI
Difficulties
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
Constellation CMMI Svc

19. The process is institutionalized as an optimizing process.
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
Disciplines
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process

20. Review the activities - status - and results of the process with higher level management and resolve issues.
Level 1
PA - Process Area
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management

21. 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 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
Generic Goals Types
Level 3
Integrated Project Management

22. Supplies - services and acquisitions
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Constellation CMMI Acq
Levels
Represents a subset of the ripening process

23. Integrated Product Development Processes and Optional Collaboration of Stakeholders during the product life
IPPD
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
Levels
GG - Generic Goals

24. Activities to ensure that APs are Effective- Repeatable and Durable - Can be replaced by alternative practices
GP - Generic Practices
Constellation CMMI Dev
Constellation CMMI What?
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process

25. Establish and maintain the description of a defined process.
Levels of Maturity Benefits
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
Constellation CMMI What?

26. Results that must be achieved to satisfy the PA. reuired
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
Constellation CMMI
SG - Specific Goals
Generic Goals Types

27. Keeping a clear understanding with our customer and other stakeholders about the services we provide and adjusting when you find inconsistencies.
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
Level 1

28. SW Eng Eng HD Systems
Disciplines
Integrated Project Management
GG - Generic Goals
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement

29. More flexible organization Easy comparison with ISO 15504
Benefits
GP 2.5 Train People
SP - Specific Practices
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility

30. Practices related to an area that when implemeneted jointly meet a conj. goal considered important to realize significant improvements in that area.
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
Constellation CMMI Svc
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
PA - Process Area

31. 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 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
Level 3
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices

32. Managed Process planned and implemented in accordance with the project
Level 2
Represents a subset of the ripening process
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
IPPD

33. The process is institutionalized as a quantitatively managed process.
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
Levels of Maturity Benefits
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process

34. Train the people performing or supporting the process as needed.
GG - Generic Goals
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
GP 2.5 Train People
Maturity

35. 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.
Integrated Project Management
SP - Specific Practices
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information

36. 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
Maturity
GP - Generic Practices
Generic Goals Types

37. Provide adequate resources for performing the process - developiing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
Maturity Levels Difficulties

38. Capability Maturity Model Integration - Best Practices for model definition - implementation and improvement of PROCESSES
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
Level 5
CMMI
GP 2.5 Train People

39. The process is institutionalized as a defined process.
Level 1
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
Maturity Levels Difficulties
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process

40. Assign responsibility and authority for performing the process - developing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
CMMI
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility

41. Goals that are repeated for multiple PA. required
GG - Generic Goals
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
Constellation CMMI Dev
Constellation CMMI What?

42. 0 - Incomplete 1 - Run 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - Tuning In
Difficulties
Levels
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
Generic Goals Types

43. Set of components to satisfy a specific area of interest 16 areas of common processes
Constellation CMMI
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
Level 4
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process

44. In Optimization Process continuous improvement
Level 0
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
Level 5

45. GG 1 - Achieve specific goals (SG) GG 2 - Managed GG 3 - Defined GG 4 - Managed quantitatively GG 5 - In optimization = Institutionalize a process
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Level 2
SG - Specific Goals
Generic Goals Types

46. Levels are achieved by...
Constellation CMMI Dev
GP 2.5 Train People
Generic Goals
IPPD

47. Establish and maintain the plan for performing the process.
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
GP - Generic Practices
Generic Goals

48. Develop products and services
Constellation CMMI What?
Constellation CMMI Dev
SG - Specific Goals
GP 2.3 Provide Resources

49. 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 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
GG - Generic Goals
Quantitative Project Management
Integrated Project Management

50. 1 - Home 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - In optimization
Maturity
Level 2
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
Constellation CMMI Svc