CMMI Frequently Asked Questions and their responses from CMMI Consultant(s)
Dear CMMI Consultant we want to know for our CMMI Implementation, how many resources are required from within the company?
Before answering this question let us look at the roles and responsibilities from Organization’s point of view for the CMMI Implementation: Development of a CMMI Compliant QMS QMS Awareness Training Session Implementation Checks/Audits Follow-up Audits Training to Project Team Members on core activities like Project Management, Estimation, Reviews etc. Metrics…
March 12, 2013
Does it really help us when we hire CMMI Consultant for our CMMI Implementation?
As we have said many times that CMMI Consultant is an expert who provide CMMI Implementation Guidance to Organizations and help them in accelerating their efforts towards their targeted Maturity Level (s). Following are some the qualities posses by good a CMMI Consultant: Subject Matter Expertise: CMMI Consultant know about…
February 23, 2013
How to select or hire a CMMI Consultant for CMMI Implementation?
Selection of CMMI Consultant is a very important aspect of the whole CMMI Implementation initiative and can lead to favorable or unfavorable results at the end i.e. CMMI SCAMPI A Assessment. There can be various sources to collect information about CMMI Consultant before hiring them and different checks can be…
February 16, 2013
CMMI Consultant
A Consultant is a Subject Matter Expert (SME) who has knowledge of the targeted framework, model or standard and provides guidance to the organizations. DQS India provides CMMI Consultant who has knowledge of CMMI and help organizations in completing their CMMI Implementation Tasks.
Customised CMMI Toolkit from DQS India
CMMI Toolkit is a comprehensive, structured collection of inter-linked, free-flowing documentation. CMMI Toolkit has Processes, Guidelines, Checklists, and Templates which are arranged in a multi-layered hierarchy and easily accessible by a click on the Browser.
Organizational Processes and their Compliance Status
How do we ensure about our Processes to know if they have any gap with respect to a particular CMMI Maturity Level or they are compliant to the targeted maturity level? Having right processes and having them complaint to the targeted CMMI Maturity Level are two different things. Most of…
February 2, 2013
In CMMI, does successful completion of SCAMPI B provide assurance for SCAMPI A?
A successful completion of SCAMPI B provides vital information on the status and progress of preparation of the organization undergoing SCAMPI B. It is an indicator for the status of the effort of the resources and status of the artefacts produced as evidences.
Best way to handle Process writing in an organization for CMMI Implementation?
With the start of the CMMI Implementation for a targeted Maturity Level, starts the task of Process writing. Process Writing is a best important task as all the future Process Improvement activities revolves around it. At the same time it is various tedious task and requires a lot of effort,…
December 23, 2012
How to select a target Maturity Level?
Most of the time, in an organization, targeted CMMI Maturity Level are selected based on the Business requirements of having a particular CMMI Maturity Level. And it is the most driving factor behind the selection of a CMMI Maturity Model.
What is the time duration for completing a Maturity Level target?
SEI has collected some data from different organizations for different maturity levels and has observed that on average a 20 month time was required by all organizations achieving CMMI Maturity Level 3 from CMMI Maturity Level 2.
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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.