CMMI Frequently Asked Questions and their responses from CMMI Consultant(s)
We have completed CMMI Maturity Level 3, shall we continue to CMMI Maturity Level 4 and 5 or stop here?
Most of the Organizations complete the CMMI Maturity Level 3 and tend to relax after that and some of them continue their journey for CMMI High Maturity Levels 4 and 5. After CMMI Maturity level 3 most of the Organizations who stop their journey at Maturity Level 3 are often…
June 21, 2013
CMMI Certification or CMMI Assessment what’s the difference?
Many of our customers asks for CMMI Certification and insists for a CMMI Certificate on completion of the SCAMPI A Assessment. CMMI does not provide Certificate of completion of CMMI SCAMPI Assessment. What CMMI does is it assesses Organizations for their Compliance Level for the targeted Maturity Level (i.e. CMMI…
June 18, 2013
Does successful completion of SCAMPI B Assessment guarantee a successful SCAMPI A Assessment?
Dear CMMI Consultant, our organization has successfully completed the SCAMPI B Assessment for CMMI Maturity Level 3. Does that mean we will successfully complete the SCAMPI A Assessment also? Most of the organizations opt for SCAMPI B Assessment before going for SCAMPI A Assessment. They want to make sure that…
June 12, 2013
How do we adopt CMMI, is there any help available?
Going for CMMI Implementation is tedious job and if you are new then it becomes more difficult to do the job. Such organizations require support at each level starting from initiation, implementation, pre-assessments, trainings and final SCAMPI A Assessment. There are many ways to get help while going for CMMI…
June 8, 2013
Advantages and Disadvantages of CMMI-DEV for a Software Development IT Organization? And how to overcome these disadvantages?
As we all know that CMMI was developed by SEI (now CMMI Institute). The SEI created the first CMM designed for software organizations and published it in a book, The Capability Maturity Model: Guidelines for Improving the Software Process [SEI 1995]. Since then it has evolved in a comprehensive framework…
June 5, 2013
Dear CMMI Consultant, we want to know next course of action as we have completed CMMI SCAMPI A Assessment for CMMI Maturity Level 3?
Recently our organization completed the CMMI Maturity Level 3 SCAMPI A Assessment successfully and got listed on SEI (now CMMI Institute) Published Appraisal Results Website. Our team worked hard and was able to achieve the same in 12 months time. Now we want to know about next course of action.
What are different overheads/burdens imposed by CMMI for Development on Software Development Team?
CMMI for Development is a Quality Framework meant for Software Engineering Organizations working with Software Development or Enhancements activities. CMMI Model helps in the Process Improvement activities in the right direction and with right amount of focus which increases with the Maturity Levels i.e. from Maturity Level 2 to Maturity…
May 30, 2013
Why CMMI is one of the best quality framework for a Software Development Organization?
Most of the start-up organizations working with Software Development need to have trusted framework/model for their organizations that can direct them for continuous process improvement as they grow in size and responsibilities. CMMI® (Capability Maturity Model® Integration) models (CMMI for Development, CMMI for Services and CMMI for Acquisition) are collections…
May 28, 2013
Dear CMMI Consultant, we have CMMI for Services for our main Unit and now we want to have CMMI for Development for one of our unit. Does it involve all the Process Related Work again?
Many of the organizations, we work with, have asked this question to us. They want to know “Can they combine CMMI for Services (CMMI-SVC) with CMMI for Development (CMMI-DEV)?â€. Their primary job is Service Delivery and they have one Software Development Unit and want to combine their existing CMMI for…
May 20, 2013
Benefits of CMMI for Software Development Company
CMMI, as we all know, is a collection of best practices and provides a framework for implementation of these best practices in Software Projects and helps in improving the Project Deliveries and increasing the Customer Satisfaction. There are numerous benefits of implementing CMMI in an IT / Software Development Organization,…
May 17, 2013
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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.