CMMI Frequently Asked Questions and their responses from CMMI Consultant(s)
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What kind of CMMI Training can be conducted for an Organization going for CMMI for DEV?
There are various kind of CMMI Trainings available for organizations going for CMMI Implementation and Assessment. Major types of CMMI Trainings are the ones owned by CMMI Institute (www.cmmiinstitute.com) and delivered by CMMI Institute or delivered through CMMI Institute authorized Training Partners like DQS India. Also, CMMI Institute partners like…
July 25, 2013
How to implement Causal Analysis and Resolution, as per CMMI?
Causal Analysis and Resolution (CAR) is a Process Area at CMMI Maturity Level 5 under the Support category. The basic challenge is to understand the very fundamental principle – whether CMMI Causal Analysis and Resolution (CAR) starts only after achieving Maturity Level 4 or even a Maturity Level 2 organization…
July 24, 2013
How to apply CMMI Measurement and Analysis (MA) in my organization as per CMMI?
Measurement and Analysis (MA) process area is available at CMMI Maturity Level 2 under the Support category. The primary objective of CMMI Measurement and Analysis (MA) Process Area is to develop the practice of fact-based decision making. The decision can be based on facts only when the key performance results…
July 23, 2013
Decision Analysis and Resolution (DAR) and its use and benefit in projects and org level as per CMMI
Decision Analysis and Resolution (DAR) is a process area in CMMI at Maturity Level 3. DAR helps in the selection of best alternative from two or more alternatives. DAR can be applied in projects or at org-level for any kind of decision making which involves selection of best alternative from…
July 20, 2013
In CMMI, who maintains organizational process assets?
Organizational Process Assets are the documentation that is related to the CMMI Implementation in a CMMI Compliant Organization. Process Assets in organizations are known in following variants like Process Assets Library (PAL), Process Database (PD), Process Repository (PR), Software Process Database (SPDB) etc. Process Asset in an organization plays an…
July 15, 2013
How to evaluate process or project documentation against CMMI?
Most of the organizations starting with CMMI face difficulty of assessing compliance to the CMMI requirements specifically for the projects targeted under the scope of appraisal (assessment). Further, organizations may lack the necessary expertise or manpower to do so. In this post we will see how we can use CMMI…
July 13, 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
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
We are a Software Development ISO 9001 Certified organization, can we adopt CMMI-DEV version 1.3?
Most of the IT Organizations, especially start-ups, go for ISO 9001 Certification as it involves less cost and lesser time frame as compared to CMMI for Development Version 1.3. ISO 9001 being a generic standard allows you the freedom to be flexible in many areas. CMMI for Development being a…
May 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.