CMMI 100 Success Secrets Capability Maturity Model Integration 100 Success Secrets - 100 Most Asked Questions: The Missing CMMI-DEV, CMMI-ACQ Project Management and Process Guide. Lance Batten
CMMI Consulting Firms: Providing Vital Help for Companies.96
Area Specific CMMI: The Continuous Approach .........................98
Understanding CMMI framework ..................................................99
Two Most Common Approaches in CMMI Implementation....101
CMMI vs. ITIL: Knowing What to Choose...................................103
CMMI maturity level: define..........................................................104
Features of CMMI Level 1 Organizations ....................................106
What is a CMMI level 3? .................................................................107
Some important notes on CMMI Level 5......................................109
Defining the Different CMMI Levels ............................................111
How to Select an Appropriate CMMI Model ..............................113
CMMI Overview: A Quick Peek at CMMI...................................115
How CMMI Process Areas are evaluated?...................................116
CMMI Processes - Achieving Goals and Best Practices .............117
CMMI Process Improvement - Maximize Resources and
Eliminate Mistakes.......................................................................... 118
CMMI Project: Keys to Success of CMMI Implementation...... 120
CMMI Project Management System: Optimizing Corporate
Project Management Models......................................................... 122
CMMI Project Management System: Optimizing Corporate
Project Management Models......................................................... 124
Understanding the CMMI Quality Systems................................ 126
Understanding the Steps Involved in CMMI SCAMPI ............. 127
The Benefits of CMMI Software.................................................... 129
CMMI Staged Representation: Providing a Window for CMMI Implementation ............................................................................... 130
SEI-CMMI: Some standards, procedures, and policies accounted ............................................................................................................ 132
CMMI Training: Improving the Skills of Management
Professionals .................................................................................... 134
The Significance of CMM KPA for the Assessment................... 136
CMM Level 1: When Process Inconsistency Is the Problem ..... 138
CMM Level 2: Where Processes and Successes Start to Be Replicated......................................................................................... 140
The Transformation to CMM Level 3........................................... 142
CMM Level 4: When Quantitative Goals Are Set and Met....... 144
CMM Level 5 Companies: Those Who Achieve Their
Quantitative Process Improvement Goals................................... 146
CMM Mailing: Getting the Messages Across ..............................148
The CMM Maturity Levels Companies Must Go Through .......149
CMM National Security Agency Way ..........................................151
Understanding what CMM Programming Is ..............................152
CMM Quality Benchmark...............................................................154
CMM Recruitment Booms as the Model Gains Notice...............155
CMM Sales to go Up with CMM Implementation......................157
CMM vendors or providers: Types of service offered ...............159
CMM Services and their Nature ....................................................161
Characteristics of an Effective CMM Software............................162
Achieving the Best Results thru CMM Training .........................164
CMM vs. CMMI: Understanding both ends ................................166
Understanding the difference between CMM and CMMI.........168
Introduction to CMMI: Going Back to the Basics of CMMI .....170
Intro to CMMI: Why is Important to Understand the Basics of CMMI?...............................................................................................172
ISO CMMI Model: Creating a Synergy to Improve the Business Process ...............................................................................................174
What is People CMM?.....................................................................176
Understanding the Underlying Facts about SEI CMM ..............178
SEI CMMI: Trailblazing the Way towards Technological
Development ....................................................................................180
What is CMM: Looking at its Evolution......................................182
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CMM and Its Level
One way of ensuring that software companies are capable of delivering service with quality is by knowing the maturity level of their organization. A maturity level is based on the capability of software developers in their ability to develop software.
Software companies follow a standard of process in the development, testing and software application; and rules for appearance of final program code, components, interfaces, etc. These standards are applied using the Capability Maturity Model (CMM).
The CMM is the model of process maturity for software development.
The CMM has 5 levels, which are defined based on process capability. The model shows the organizational maturity of software developers as it moves to next level towards a disciplined, measured, and continuously improving software process.
The levels are the following:
1. Initial level. The development of quality software
depends entirely on the managerOs personal approach and the programmersO experience. This means that a projectOs success can be repeated by same set of managers and programmers.
2. Repeatable level. The project planning and management is based on experience earned in the past. This level
may have tendency to roll back on initial level.
3. Defined level. The standards for the processes of
software development and maintenance are introduced and documented (including project management) under this level.
4. Managed level. Quantitative indices (for both software and process as a whole) established in the organization.
5. Optimizing level. Improvement procedures are carried out both involving processing and evaluation of new technologies introduce.
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It is important that software developers are able to deliver the service as required on time. After all, it is just fair that companies gets their moneyOs worth.
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