CMMI Frequently Asked Questions and their responses from CMMI Consultant(s)
How to conduct Risk Management from CMMI point of view?
In CMMI, Risk Management (RSKM) is a process area at CMMI Maturity Level 3 and requires projects to manage Risk so that projects are not disturbed by any unwanted conditions and deliver the result which they are intended to. In CMMI Maturity Level 2 under Project Monitoring and Control Process…
April 30, 2013
How traceability is maintained for the software work product under Requirements Management (REQM) Process Area in CMMI?
Traceability or Bi-Directional Requirements Traceability is maintained to trace requirements in different stages of Software Development Lifecycle. It is bi-directional in nature so that Requirements can be traced from initiation to completion or from completion to initiation. It is commonly referred to as RTM (Requirements Traceability Matrix). Generally Requirements Traceability…
April 27, 2013
In terms of CMMI what is the difference between Validation and Verification?
In general we refer to the Verification as a Review activity and Validation as Test activity. But if we talk about CMMI then these terms have slightly different meaning. From CMMI-Dev V1.3 Model: The Verification and Validation process areas are similar, but they address different issues. Validation demonstrates that the…
April 26, 2013
How to measure training effectiveness as required in CMMI under Organizational Training (OT) Process Area?
CMMI Model focuses on the Organization Training as a step for Continuous Process Improvement because without providing the required training to the Staff it is not possible to lead the organization in the right direction to achieve its goals. Talking about Process Improvement without providing the right training to staff…
April 25, 2013
What is CMMI Process Improvement and how to do it?
As we all know CMMI Maturity Levels starts from Maturity Level 2 and goes up to Maturity Level 5. With each level some Process Areas (PAs) are added and with these PAs comes the additional responsibility of better integration between Team Members and Teams, Better Management Insight into the Project’s…
April 24, 2013
What are the prerequisites to become a member of the SEPG (Software Engineering Group) or QAG (Quality Assurance Group) in a CMMI Organization?
SEPG or QAG is an important group in a CMMI Organization and is involved with Continuous Process Improvement. If you have missed our post on Roles and Responsibilities of SEPG or QAG Group click on the link. If you are interested in becoming a member of the SEPG/QAG Group, here…
April 23, 2013
What are the roles & responsibilities of SEPG (Software Engineering Process Group) & QAG (Quality Assurance Group) in a CMMI Organization (or to be)?
SEPG or the QAG is the main group that leads the Quality Initiative in the CMMI organization and is responsible for conducting many activities in the organization. This group takes care of CMMI Process Improvement activities all over the organization or IT Unit. SEPG is mainly involved with these CMMI…
April 22, 2013
Why CMMI?
Most of our prospects clients ask this question to us. They feel anxiety of “Why they should go with CMMI at all?†as there are many other Quality Standards and Framework available in the market and some of them are still using ISO 9001 Quality Management System. To understand this…
April 10, 2013
How to achieve balance between the theoretical and practical implementation for CMMI?
Lets us first try to understand what CMMI requires from a CMMI Implementer (i.e. your organization). As we all know CMMI is a collection of best practices. In words of CMMI (text taken from CMMI Model): “Like other CMMs, CMMI models provide guidance to use when developing processes. CMMI models…
March 20, 2013
Dear CMMI Consultant, we have just completed our CMMI Appraisal for CMMI Maturity Level 2 successfully, now what next?
First of all congratulations for completing SCAMPI Assessment and having your organization assessed for CMMI Maturity Level 2. Within few weeks your appraisal results will be published by CMMI Institute (formerly SEI). You can view all published results at SEI Pars Website (https://sas.cmmiinstitute.com/pars/pars.aspx). You can filter records for a year…
March 16, 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.