1. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About CMMI in 30 Minutes or LESS CCS TECHNICAL SERVICES (484) 368-9368 CCS TECHNICAL SERVICES (484) 368-9368 William Klein William Klein

2. William Klein (484) 368-9368 Slide 2 WHAT IS CMMI?  Capability Maturity Model - Integration

3. William Klein (484) 368-9368 Slide 3 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

4. William Klein (484) 368-9368 Slide 4 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

5. William Klein (484) 368-9368 Slide 5 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 SP’s and GP’s require same level of artifact coverage

6. William Klein (484) 368-9368 Slide 6 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.

7. William Klein (484) 368-9368 Slide 7 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

8. William Klein (484) 368-9368 Slide 8 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

9. William Klein (484) 368-9368 Slide 9 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 don’t know, but I know where to find the answer…..Procedure XYZ”

10. William Klein (484) 368-9368 Slide 10 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

11. William Klein (484) 368-9368 Slide 11 SCAMPI - C  Focused on Organizational processes only  Could be focused on specific process areas  Continuous model  Highlights ability to achieve a level;

12. William Klein (484) 368-9368 Slide 12 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

13. William Klein (484) 368-9368 Slide 13 SCAMPI - A  Produces maturity rating  Must have all data supplied  One chance to fix problems

14. William Klein (484) 368-9368 Slide 14 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?

15. William Klein (484) 368-9368 Slide 15 CMMI Organization - Scope Sample Comments: No comments associated with this question.

16. William Klein (484) 368-9368 Slide 16 CMMI Business Domains How would you best describe your software related experience? In what application domains or business areas have you worked?

17. William Klein (484) 368-9368 Slide 17 CMMI Business Domains

18. William Klein (484) 368-9368 Slide 18 CMMI Business Domains

19. William Klein (484) 368-9368 Slide 19 Is CMMI Adequate? In your opinion, is CMMI adequate for guiding process improvement?

20. William Klein (484) 368-9368 Slide 20 Is CMMI Adequate? Figure 401: Global Issues Q1: Adequacy of CMMI

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