CMMI Frequently Asked Questions and their responses from CMMI Consultant(s)
How important is Design Quality in our Software Industry and what are the Metrics used for the same?
Designing is one of the most important activity for the SDLC and at the same time the least-focused or talked-about activity. Most of the developers are not keen to document the requirements & design of their project and that leads to many issues later on in subsequent phase of SDLC….
May 12, 2014
How important is Code Quality in our Software Industry and what are the Metrics used for the same?
Coding is the most important activity for the SDLC. And for many developers it is the only activity that they are responsible for. But why do we need to have quality in coding, when developers can fix the code that they develop. The answer to this lies in the fact…
May 10, 2014
How important Software Quality is in our Software Industry?
Quality is one of the major factors driving the production discipline and it is very true in the Software Industry. Today quality has become the main mantra and has been the focus of all business strategies. Producing high quality software has been the requirements of the customer and the goal…
May 10, 2014
Which are the key attributes for which Process Performance Model (PPM) is implemented in Organizational Process Performance (OPP) Process Area of CMMI Level4?
Developing and using PPM models is one of the significant characteristics of a CMMI ML4 organization. PPM models are mainly developed for those items whose prediction allows for pro-active action in order to impact the performance of the project in a significant manner. For instance, the predicted performance for Productivity,…
April 19, 2014
What is SEPG North America?
SEPG North America was started by the Software Institute (now CMMI Institute) as a small Process Improvement Workshop in 1988, since then it has grown to a full fledge platform for Process Implementers and is providing support to CMMI. SEPG North America acts as catalyst for the community and leading…
April 1, 2014
Popularity of CMMI Performance Improvement Framework is increasing at global level and rising continuously
CMMI Appraisals has increased to record high in year 2013. This is due to the fact that more and more organizations are experiencing the benefits of implementing CMMI Framework.
In context of CMMI, do we need to map every Process Area to a Process in the organization?
Day by day more and more organizations are moving towards quality management using different standards like ISO, Prince2, and CMMI etc. Out of these standards, CMMI is based on industry best practices and proven techniques. With popularity of CMMI, confusion related to CMMI implementations is also wide spread in the…
January 14, 2014
Information security attacks that would matter in year 2014
As Information is getting more and more in quantum and important in nature, it is becoming difficult to secure this information from stealer. Information Security plays an important aspect in our lives no matter what we are involved into. In the year 2014, here are the things to look out…
January 3, 2014
In context of CMMI, how much measurement should we go for?
Measurement plays an important role in the improvement of processes in the organization, implementing CMMI. Most of the CMMI practitioners ask for the number of metrics that should be planned, monitored and controlled for process improvement. In this post we will talk about the quantum of metrics required for quantitative…
December 31, 2013
US Federal Reserve updated the security controls norms for outsourcing business
US Federal Reserve has issued additional guidance on outsourcing business functions. These guidelines will affect the banks and financial companies. The norms comprehensively cover vendor risk management.
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Author: Rajendra Khare
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Rajendra is a qualified and certified Lead Appraiser and Instructor for the following :
- SCAMPI High Maturity Lead Appraiser (Certified)
- CMMI Institute-Certified SCAMPI v1.3 Lead Appraiser for Acquisition (Certified)
- CMMI Institute-Certified SCAMPI v1.3 Lead Appraiser for Development (Certified)
- CMMI Institute-Certified SCAMPI v1.3 Lead Appraiser for Services (Certified)
- CMMI Institute-Certified Introduction to CMMI-DEV v1.3 Instructor (Certified)
- CMMI Institute-Certified Services Supplement for CMMI-DEV Instructor (Certified)
- CMMI Institute-Certified CMMI-DEV Level 2 for Practitioners Instructor (Certified)
- CMMI Institute-Certified CMMI-DEV Level 3 for Practitioners Instructor (Certified)
- CMMI Institute-Certified SCAMPI B & C Team Leader for Acquisition (Certified)
- CMMI Institute-Certified SCAMPI B & C Team Leader for Development (Certified)
- CMMI Institute-Certified SCAMPI B & C Team Leader for Services (Certified)
Rajendra is Lead Assessor for ISO 9001 (QMS), ISO 14001 (EMS), OHSAS 18001 (OHSMS) since 1994
International Automotive Task Force (IATF) approved Lead Assessor for Automotive Standard TS 16949:2009
Lead Assessor for ISO 27001 (ISMS) and ISO 20000-1 (ITSM)
Rajendra has 25 years experience in the industry.