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CMMI: Capability Maturity Model Integration

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1. Establish and maintain the description of a defined process.
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
Levels
PA - Process Area

2. Review the activities - status - and results of the process with higher level management and resolve issues.
Generic Goals Types
SG - Specific Goals
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management

3. Important activities to meet the SG Eexpected - Can be replaced by alternative practices
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
SP - Specific Practices

4. 1 - Home 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - In optimization
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
Maturity
Level 4

5. Integrated Product Development Processes and Optional Collaboration of Stakeholders during the product life
IPPD
GP - Generic Practices
Constellation CMMI What?
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement

6. Develop products and services
Quantitative Project Management
Level 0
CMMI
Constellation CMMI Dev

7. 0 - Incomplete 1 - Run 2 - Managed 3 - Set 4 - Quantitatively Managed 5 - Tuning In
SP - Specific Practices
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
Levels
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process

8. The process is institutionalized as managed process.
Represents a subset of the ripening process
Level 5
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process
Levels

9. Perform the specific practices of the process area to develop work products and provide services to achieve the specific goals of the process area.
Generic Goals
GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
SP - Specific Practices
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems

10. Identify and correct the root causes of defects and other problems in the process.
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
GP - Generic Practices
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems

11. Goals that are repeated for multiple PA. required
PA - Process Area
GG - Generic Goals
Maturity
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance

12. Keeping a clear understanding with our customer and other stakeholders about the services we provide and adjusting when you find inconsistencies.
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
Constellation CMMI What?
Level 2

13. Establish and maintain the plan for performing the process.
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
Level 2
GP 2.2 Plan the Process

14. Capability Maturity Model Integration - Best Practices for model definition - implementation and improvement of PROCESSES
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
Constellation CMMI What?
CMMI
Levels of Maturity Benefits

15. The process is institutionalized as a quantitatively managed process.
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
Constellation CMMI What?
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals

16. Dev - Acq - Svc
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
Constellation CMMI What?
Integrated Project Management
SG - Specific Goals

17. Ensure continuos improvement of the process in fulfilling the relevant business objectives of the organization -
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement

18. Assign responsibility and authority for performing the process - developing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
Represents a subset of the ripening process
Level 0
Constellation CMMI Acq

19. Incomplete process not executed - or partially executed
Level 0
Integrated Project Management
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders

20. GG 1 - Achieve specific goals (SG) GG 2 - Managed GG 3 - Defined GG 4 - Managed quantitatively GG 5 - In optimization = Institutionalize a process
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
Level 4
Generic Goals Types

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
Integrated Project Management
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
Level 5
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement

22. Establish and maintain an organizational policy for planning and performing the process.
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
GG - Generic Goals
Level 2
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance

23. Results that must be achieved to satisfy the PA. reuired
GP - Generic Practices
Level 2
SG - Specific Goals
IPPD

24. Levels are achieved by...
Generic Goals
Quantitative Project Management
Generic Goals Types
GG 2 Institutionalize a managed Process

25. Train the people performing or supporting the process as needed.
Constellation CMMI Acq
GP 2.5 Train People
Benefits
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders

26. Defined Process is adapted from the organization's standard
Level 3
Requirements Mangement (REQM)
Integrated Project Management
IPPD

27. Permits comparison between organizations
Levels
Level 2
Levels of Maturity Benefits
Benefits

28. The process is institutionalized as a defined process.
Maturity Levels Difficulties
GP - Generic Practices
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
Levels

29. Provide adequate resources for performing the process - developiing the work products - and providing the services of the process.
CMMI
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
Levels of Maturity Benefits
SG - Specific Goals

30. There is total flexibility - dependency between PA's unproven ROI
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
Difficulties
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management

31. Managed Process planned and implemented in accordance with the project
Level 1
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
Level 2
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility

32. Monitor and control the process against the plan for performing the process and take appropriate corrective action.
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
Level 3
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management

33. SW Eng Eng HD Systems
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
Maturity Levels Difficulties
Level 2
Disciplines

34. Quantitatively Managed Process controlled by statistical techniques
GP 2.5 Train People
Level 4
SG - Specific Goals
Levels of Maturity Benefits

35. In Optimization Process continuous improvement
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
Level 5

36. Supplies - services and acquisitions
Level 0
Constellation CMMI What?
Represents a subset of the ripening process
Constellation CMMI Acq

37. Stiffness in the selection of APs to be improved cost may be higher if the organization does not have any interest in PA
IPPD
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
Maturity Levels Difficulties
GP 2.3 Provide Resources

38. Implemented process satisfies GG 1 (SG meets the BP)
Integrated Project Management
Level 1
Benefits
Constellation CMMI Acq

39. More flexible organization Easy comparison with ISO 15504
Constellation CMMI What?
Benefits
IPPD
GP - Generic Practices

40. 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 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
Quantitative Project Management
Difficulties
Constellation CMMI Acq

41. The achievement of each level...
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
Represents a subset of the ripening process
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
Level 5

42. The process is institutionalized as an optimizing process.
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
GG - Generic Goals

43. Set of components to satisfy a specific area of interest 16 areas of common processes
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
GP 2.4 Assign Reponsibility
Generic Goals
Constellation 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.
Level 0
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
Disciplines

45. Activities to ensure that APs are Effective- Repeatable and Durable - Can be replaced by alternative practices
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence
Level 3
GP - Generic Practices
Levels of Maturity Benefits

46. Deliver and support services
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
Constellation CMMI What?
Constellation CMMI Svc

47. 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.
Constellation CMMI
Maturity
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals

48. Objective evaluate adherence of the process against its process description - standards - and procedures - and address noncompliance.
CMMI
GP 2.5 Train People
Level 1
GP 2.9 Objective Evaluate Adherence

49. Place designated work products of the process under appropriate levels of control.
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
Constellation CMMI Svc
Requirements Mangement (REQM)

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