Using the CMM

Maturity Levels

CMM History

Key Process Areas

Stats

Acronyms

Using the CMM Maturity Levels CMM History Key Process Areas Stats Acronyms $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 Round One should contain one “Daily Double” question. To insert the “Daily Double Screen”, follow these steps: 1. Select the desired button on this slide by clicking on it. Click on SLIDE SHOW  ACTION SETTINGS Make a note of which slide the HYPERLINK is currently set to. In the “Action Settings” dialogue box, change the HYPERLINK to “Daily Double Round 1”. Click OK 6. Now go to Slide “Daily Double Round 1” in this presentation, and follow the directions in the “Notes” section $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500

An appraisal that an organization does for and to itself. 1-100 1 - 100 An appraisal that an organization does for and to itself. $100

What is a Software Process Assessment (SPA)? 1 - 100 What is a Software Process Assessment (SPA)? $100

1-200 An appraisal where an external group looks at an organization’s process capability $200

What is a software capability evaluation (SCE)? 1 - 100 What is a software capability evaluation (SCE)? $200

1-300 Selecting, hiring, developing, and retaining competent people are issues that fall in this category $300

What is outside the scope of CMM 1 - 100 What is outside the scope of CMM $300

1-400 “Engaged senior management” and “Clearly stated goals” are examples of these $400

What are key success factors 1 - 100 What are key success factors $400

This describes a fixation with achieving a higher maturity level. 1-500 This describes a fixation with achieving a higher maturity level. $500

1-500A 1 - 100 What is level envy $500

2-100 At this level, detailed measures of the software process and product quality are collected 1 - 100 $100

2-100A 1 - 100 What is Level 4 $100

At this level, success depends on individual efforts and heroics 2-200 At this level, success depends on individual efforts and heroics $200

2-200A 1 - 100 What is Level 1 $200

2-300 This level includes key process areas Requirements Management and Software Subcontract Management $300

2-300A 1 - 100 What is Level 2 $300

2-400 At this level, continuous process improvement occurs throughout the organization $400

2-400A 1 - 100 What is Level 5 $400

2-500 Defined. $500

2-500A 1 - 100 What is Level 3 $500

3-100 He wrote Managing the Software Process and is considered the father of the CMM 1 - 100 $100

3-100A 1 - 100 Who is Watts Humphrey $100

3-200 The year the SEI evolved its initial process maturity framework into the CMM $200

3-200A 1 - 100 What is 1991 $200

3-300 He is the lead author on most of the CMM technical reports and articles on CMM, including our primary reading assignment $300

3-300A 1 - 100 Who is Mark Paulk $300

The headquarters city for SEI 3-400 The headquarters city for SEI $400

3-400A 1 - 100 What is Pittsburgh $400

This company worked with SEI on its initial process maturity framework 3-500 This company worked with SEI on its initial process maturity framework $500

3-500A 1 - 100 What is Mitre Corp. $500

4-100 1 - 100 The key process area in which you select qualified subcontractors and manage them effectively. $100

What is Software Subcontract Management 1 - 100 What is Software Subcontract Management $100

4-200 The key process area in which you develop a quantitative understanding of the quality of a project’s products. $200

What is Software Quality Management 1 - 100 What is Software Quality Management $200

4-300 The key process area in which you develop and maintain a usable set of process assets that improve processes across projects $300

What is Organization Process Definition 1 - 100 What is Organization Process Definition $300

4-400 The key process area in which you identify the causes of defects and prevent them from recurring $400

What is Defect Prevention 1 - 100 What is Defect Prevention $400

4-500 The key process area in which you establish and maintain the integrity of a project’s products throughout its life cycle $500

What is Software Configuration Management 1 - 100 What is Software Configuration Management $500

The number of key process areas defined in CMM v1.1 5-100 1 - 100 The number of key process areas defined in CMM v1.1 $100

5-100A 1 - 100 What is 18? $100

5-200 The level which accounted for 43% of reporting organizations from 1998-2002 $200

5-200A 1 - 100 What is Level 2 $200

5-300 The median number of months it takes for an organization to advance from Level 1 to Level 2. $300

5-300A 1 - 100 What is 23 $300

5-400 13.2% of offshore organizations reported being at this level in the 1998-2002 timeframe $400

5-400A 1 - 100 What is Level 5 $400

5-500 This metric improved by up to 94% in organizations that were following CMM-based improvement efforts $500

What is post-release defects 1 - 100 What is post-release defects $500

6-100 1 - 100 SEPG stands for this. $100

What is Software Engineering Process Group 1 - 100 What is Software Engineering Process Group $100

6-200 SEI stands for this $200

What is Software Engineering Institute 1 - 100 What is Software Engineering Institute $200

6-300 SQA stands for this. $300

What is software quality assurance 1 - 100 What is software quality assurance $300

CBA-IPI stands for this 6-400 CBA-IPI stands for this $400

What is CMM-based appraisal for internal process improvement 1 - 100 What is CMM-based appraisal for internal process improvement $400

6-500 KPA stands for this $500

What is key process area 1 - 100 What is key process area $500

Final Jeopardy CMM Levels

This is the level at which the organization-wide process is tailored according to the specific needs of each project

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