CMMI Frequently Asked Questions and their responses from CMMI Consultant(s)
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CMMI Blog Special Series: 12th Part: This blog series on the cmmiconsultantblog.com is a systematic and structured coverage of CMMI Process Areas starting from Maturity Level 2 to Maturity Level 3: using CMMI –DEV, Version 1.3, as the Reference CMMI Model: As CMMI Consultant, during CMMI Consulting assignment if you are asked about the steps, inputs and outputs of Verification (VER) Process Area, what would be your response:
For the above-mentioned question, CMMI consultants may take inputs from the following. Purpose of CMMI Process Area Verification (VER) is to ensure that selected work products meet their specified requirements. Verification ensures that “you built it right”. During verification different activities are conducted including verification of the product and intermediate…
November 10, 2015
What do you think is the best approach towards CMMI Certification?
CMMI is a process model framework developed by SEI (Software Engineering Institute). The body of knowledge within CMMI is containing software engineering best practices like project management, software lifecycle selection and management, requirements management and development, technical solution management and development, product integration, quality management, configuration management, supplier management. CMMI…
May 28, 2014
How to select a CMMI Lead Appraiser (Assessor) for CMMI SCAMPI Assessment?
CMMI Lead Appraisers are the authorised (by CMMI Institute) personnel to provide the ratings for Process Area Ratings to an organization after conducting the formal SCAMPI Assessment (A, B or C). Selecting them for your SCAMPI Assessment could be the tedious task for you. Selecting the CMMI Lead Appraisers (Assessor)…
September 21, 2013
What is CMMI Certification?
As has been stated earlier, SEI does not refer to the term Certification rather it refers to it as Assessment. So in context of CMMI, it is CMMI Assessment and not CMMI Certification. In CMMI context when an organization goes for a CMMI Maturity Level, it is known as that…
September 6, 2013
Is successful SCAMPI B is a confirmation of successful SCAMPI A Assessment?
As we know for CMMI Assessments, the assessments are carried out by SCAMPI Methodology. SCAMPI B does not provide the Maturity Level Ratings but SCAMPI A provides Maturity Level Rating. In order to find out the answer for the question, we have to examine the scale for SCAMPI B. Normally,…
July 31, 2013
How to become a CMMI certified auditor?
CMMI terminology is little different from ISO terminology and CMMI does not use word auditor instead it uses word Assessor and Appraisal Team Member. There are two main roles in the CMMI for the persons who can conduct assessments in the organization – CMMI Certified Lead Appraiser and Assessment Team…
July 22, 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
Can our organization go directly for CMMI Maturity Level 3, currently we have no CMMI Maturity Level?
When we conduct Formal SCAMPI A assessment for CMMI Maturity Level 3 (ML3) it has to be understood that both Process Areas for CMMI Maturity Level 2 (ML2) and CMMI Maturity Level 3 (ML3) have to be complied with. When we say that we will “go directly†for CMMI Maturity…
May 11, 2013
Dear CMMI Consultant, please describe CMMI SCAMPI Class C Assessment requirements in general terms.
What is SCAMPI? SCAMPI stands for Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement. Assessments in CMMI are conducted using the SCAMPI Methodology. Under this methodology appraisal ratings are provided by an appraisal team to the process areas under assessment for the capability level (for process areas) or the maturity level…
May 1, 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
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