2. Using the CMM

3. Maturity Levels

4. CMM History

5. Key Process Areas

6. Stats

7. Acronyms

8. Using the CMM
Maturity Levels
CMM History
Key Process
Areas
Stats
Acronyms
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9. An appraisal that an organization does for and to itself.
1-100
An appraisal that an organization does for and to itself.
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10. What is a Software Process Assessment (SPA)?
What is a
Software Process
Assessment (SPA)?
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11. 1-200
An appraisal where an external group looks at an organization’s process capability
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12. What is a software capability evaluation (SCE)?
What is a
software capability
evaluation (SCE)?
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13. 1-300
Selecting, hiring, developing, and retaining competent people are issues that fall in this category
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14. What is outside the scope of CMM
What is
outside the
scope of CMM
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15. 1-400
“Engaged senior management” and “Clearly stated goals” are examples of these
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16. What are key success factors
What are
key success
factors
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17. This describes a fixation with achieving a higher maturity level.
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This describes a fixation with achieving a higher maturity level.
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18. 1-500A
What is
level envy
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19. 2-100
At this level, detailed measures of the software process and product quality are collected
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20. 2-100A
What is
Level 4
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21. At this level, success depends on individual efforts and heroics
2-200
At this level, success depends on individual efforts and heroics
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22. 2-200A
What is
Level 1
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23. 2-300
This level includes key process areas Requirements Management and Software Subcontract Management
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24. 2-300A
What is
Level 2
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25. 2-400
At this level, continuous process improvement occurs throughout the organization
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26. 2-400A
What is
Level 5
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27. 2-500
Defined.
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28. 2-500A
What is
Level 3
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29. 3-100
He wrote Managing the Software Process and is considered the father of the CMM
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30. 3-100A
Who is
Watts
Humphrey
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31. 3-200
The year the SEI evolved its initial process maturity framework into the CMM
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32. 3-200A
What is
1991
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33. 3-300
He is the lead author on most of the CMM technical reports and articles on CMM, including our primary reading assignment
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34. 3-300A
Who is
Mark
Paulk
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35. The headquarters city for SEI
3-400
The headquarters city for SEI
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36. 3-400A
What is
Pittsburgh
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37. This company worked with SEI on its initial process maturity framework
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This company worked with SEI on its initial process maturity framework
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38. 3-500A
What is
Mitre Corp.
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39. 4-100
The key process area in which you select qualified subcontractors and manage them effectively.
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40. What is Software Subcontract Management
What is
Software
Subcontract
Management
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41. 4-200
The key process area in which you develop a quantitative understanding of the quality of a project’s products.
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42. What is Software Quality Management
What is
Software
Quality
Management
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43. 4-300
The key process area in which you develop and maintain a usable set of process assets that improve processes across projects
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44. What is Organization Process Definition
What is
Organization
Process
Definition
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45. 4-400
The key process area in which you identify the causes of defects and prevent them from recurring
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46. What is Defect Prevention
What is
Defect
Prevention
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47. 4-500
The key process area in which you establish and maintain the integrity of a project’s products throughout its life cycle
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48. What is Software Configuration Management
What is
Software
Configuration
Management
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49. The number of key process areas defined in CMM v1.1
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The number of key process areas defined in CMM v1.1
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50. 5-100A
What is
18?
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51. 5-200
The level which accounted for 43% of reporting organizations from
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52. 5-200A
What is
Level 2
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53. 5-300
The median number of months it takes for an organization to advance from Level 1 to Level 2.
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54. 5-300A
What is 23
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55. 5-400
13.2% of offshore organizations reported being at this level in the timeframe
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56. 5-400A
What is
Level 5
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57. 5-500
This metric improved by up to 94% in organizations that were following CMM-based improvement efforts
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58. What is post-release defects
What is
post-release
defects
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59. 6-100
SEPG stands for this.
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60. What is Software Engineering Process Group
What is
Software
Engineering
Process
Group
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61. 6-200
SEI stands for this
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62. What is Software Engineering Institute
What is
Software
Engineering
Institute
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63. 6-300
SQA stands for this.
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64. What is software quality assurance
What is
software
quality
assurance
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65. CBA-IPI stands for this
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CBA-IPI stands for this
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66. What is CMM-based appraisal for internal process improvement
What is
CMM-based
appraisal for
internal process
improvement
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67. 6-500
KPA stands for this
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68. What is key process area
What is
key process
area
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69. Final
Jeopardy
CMM Levels

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

71. Contestants:
Please put down your
writing tools and
wait for further
instructions.

72. What is
Level 3

73. Thanks
for playing.