CMMI: Introduction

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Course Overview

Improving processes for the development of software products and services is a critical component for timely and cost-effective delivery. The Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) provides a best practice framework to improve and maintain the necessary processes to support quality development. In this course, you gain the knowledge and skills required to apply CMMI principles and practices to meet the demands of internal and customer requirements.

Audience

Engineers, quality assurance professionals, configuration and business analysts, product and project managers, and those involved in the implementation and maintenance of CMMI.

Extensive activities throughout the course immerse you in an authentic environment, providing practical experience in planning for and implementing CMMI. Activities include:

• Performing key CMMI tasks within realistic simulations
• Generating a concise CMMI implementation statement that expresses a business need
• Choosing the appropriate CMMI model representation to achieve desired results
• Gathering evidence on specific practices by engaging people and analysing documentation
• Deploying software tools to present findings that link to evidence
• Producing an effective summary report and process improvement plan

Skills Gained

• Apply the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) methodology for software process improvement
• Select the CMMI implementation that best meets the needs of your organisation
• Perform an appraisal that leverages gap analysis
• Prepare a Summary Report that offers recommendations for effective action
• Develop a process improvement plan to implement an efficient CMMI solution
• Implement and apply CMMI principles back at your organisation

Course Outline

Introduction

An overview of CMMI

• The evolution of CMMI (CMM, SE-CMM, IPD-CMM)
• Sponsoring organisations (SEI, NDIA, OSD)

Initiating process improvements

• Examining high-level flow activities
• Identifying business drivers for a CMMI implementation

Investigating Key CMMI Concepts

Appraising CMMI Components

• Recognising CMMI constellations
• Development
• Services
• Acquisitions

Diagnosing the structure

• Choosing a model representation that best meets your business needs
• Exploring the six Capability Levels and the five Maturity Levels
• Achieving uniform process improvements using Staged Representation
• Incrementally improving processes using Continuous Representation

Inspecting the Process Areas

• Identifying and categorising Process Areas
• Selecting Process Areas of focus when required

Assessing the goals

• Distinguishing between generic and specific goals
• Relating generic practices and specific practices to goals

Exploring Process Areas, Goals and Practices

Interpreting CMMI Components

• Examining Required, Expected and Informative Components
• Clarifying component roles

Dissecting the structure of a Process Area

• Highlighting the scope of Process Areas
• Specific goals that satisfy a Process Area
• Employing specific practices to achieve specific goals
• Prioritising subpractices

Performing CMMI Appraisals

Selecting appraisal methods

• The importance of an appraisal
• Determining the level of rigor by choosing the appropriate SCAMPI class
• Establishing organisational scope
• Choosing your team and data points
• Determining output and constraints

Preparing for gap analysis

• Evaluating the organisation against a defined Process Area or goal
• Tracing relationships between goals, practices and Process Areas
• Preparing interview questions

Conducting gap analysis

• Gathering evidence through personnel interviews, relevant documentation and records
• Mapping the evidence to specific practices

Analysing the results

• Leveraging tools for detailed analysis
• Exposing relationships through a trace matrix
• Interpreting data to draw conclusions and achieve consensus

Advancing from Analysis to Implementation

Developing a Summary Report

• Utilising specific tools to export data
• Linking gaps to recommendations
• Communicating the findings to stakeholders

Creating a CMMI Process Improvement Plan

• Identifying the key components of an effective plan
• Building a practical, effective and realistic implementation schedule
• Tagging activities to specific practices

Applying the CMMI for Future Use

• Engaging the CMMI process in a variety of situations
• Reinforcing your CMMI application skills
• Ongoing CMMI developments

CMMI is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by Carnegie Mellon University. RealityPlus is a trademark of Learning Tree International.

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