Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About CMMI in 30 Minutes or LESS

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Everything You Ever Wantedto Know About CMMIin
30 Minutes or LESS

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WHAT IS CMMI?

• Capability Maturity Model - Integration

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CMMI Appraisal Types .1

• Continuous
• Pick and choose desirable process areas
• Capability level 0-5
• Capability level can be achieved without
  performing all practices
• Not industry recognized
• Primary appraisal method in India
• 1 3 weeks to perform appraisal

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CMMI Appraisal Types .2

• Staged
• Maturity level
• Level 1-5 (everyone is level 1)
• All practices must be met for achieving the
  maturity level
• Rating is for 3 years and then expires
• Rigorous review of processes and artifacts
• 2-4 weeks to perform appraisal

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Specific versus Generic

• Specific practices are process area dependent
• (4 12 based on process area)
• Generic practices are the same across all process
  areas
• (10-12 practices based on level)
• All SPs and GPs require same level of artifact
  coverage

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CMMI Measures Process Maturity

• 25 Process Areas in 4 general categories
• Process management (5 process areas)
• Project management (8 process areas)
• Engineering design (6 process areas)
• Support functions (6 process areas)

The measurement is the achievement of a limited
number of Specific Goals in each process area,
plus Generic Goals which apply to each process
area.
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Generic Practices

• Organizational policy
• Plan the process
• Provide resources
• Assign Responsibility
• Train the people
• Manage configurations

• Identify and involve relevant stakeholders
• Monitor and control the process
• Objectively evaluate adherence
• Review status with higher level management
• Establish a defined process
• Collect improvement information

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Direct versus Indirect

• Direct artifacts required for each SP and GP
• Artifact that is directly attributable to
  performing the process described
• Indirect artifact
• Supporting artifact or resultant artifact of
  creating the direct artifact

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Affirmations

• Verbal confirmation of what the process
  definition
• Interview process
• No helper aids
• Must understand other functional groups role in
  the organization
• A valid answer is I dont know, but I know where
  to find the answer..Procedure XYZ

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Appraisal Process

• SCAMPI
• Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process
  Improvement
• Types of SCAMPI Appraisals
• Class C Single person to full team
• Class B Single person to full team
• Class A Minimum of four team members
• Typically 6-8 team members

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SCAMPI - C

• Focused on Organizational processes only
• Could be focused on specific process areas
• Continuous model
• Highlights ability to achieve a level

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SCAMPI - B

• Detailed analysis of the process and plans
• Looks at the organization as a whole
• Identifies weaknesses and action items
• Open for specific review items
• Produces an action item list for the organization

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SCAMPI - A

• Produces maturity rating
• Must have all data supplied
• One chance to fix problems

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CMMI Organization - Scope
Approximately how many full-time equivalent (FTE)
employees does your organization employee who are
primarily engaged in the development,
maintenance, or acquisition of software or
software-intensive systems?
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CMMI Organization - Scope
Sample Comments No comments associated with
this question.
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CMMI Business Domains
How would you best describe your software related
experience?
In what application domains or business areas
have you worked?
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CMMI Business Domains
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CMMI Business Domains
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Is CMMI Adequate?
In your opinion, is CMMI adequate for guiding
process improvement?
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Is CMMI Adequate?
Figure 401 Global Issues Q1 Adequacy of CMMI
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