CMMI Frequently Asked Questions and their responses from CMMI Consultant(s)
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How should CMMI Consultants handle the question about the Appraisal Project (BU) Sampling? Should the CMMI Consultants go with the minimum number of projects as calculated by the formula given in CMMI SCAMPI MDD?
The number of projects to be covered under the Appraisal Sample is an issue that is raised before all CMMI Consultants. The CMMI SCAMPI Methodology Definition Document (CMMI SCAMPI MDD) provides guidelines with respect to the selection of appraisal projects. It allows for the appraisal project selection on the basis…
August 23, 2014
How can you enhance the involvement of people in a CMMI Consulting Program?
The involvement of people is a key ingredient for the success of CMMI Consulting and Appraisal Program. The – us and them – divide can be easily covered by using some simple steps during the CMMI Consulting process. The involvement of people can start from the day one where a…
August 20, 2014
How do you select a good CMMI Consultant?
There are various ways by which you can select a good CMMI Consultant. Few real-life tips could be given here. The definition of good is directly related to your organization. The goodness is directly related to usefulness for your organization. A consultant may carry a very big name but it…
August 2, 2014
What are CMMI® Consulting Services?
CMMI® is the structured collection of best-practices that provides guidelines in building up excellent software applications, products and systems. It has endured the test of time and is there with us since last 25 years now. The organization implementing CMMI® has to decide the relevant CMMI® Model i.e. DEV or…
July 29, 2014
What are the various CMMI Consulting Solutions that are available in the market and at what management levels they have to operate in the client organization?
CMMI Consulting solutions are available in diverse forms and packages and are performed or delivered at various levels in the client organization. CMMI Consulting for the top management takes a different form compared to CMMI Consulting for middle and junior management. The CMMI Consulting at the top management level covers…
July 24, 2014
What does a CMMI Consultant dealing with CMMI High Maturity require as additional knowledge base in comparison to the CMMI Consultant working at CMMI Maturity Level 2 and 3?
CMMI Model has five Maturity Levels. They start from Level 2 to Level 5. Around 2007, it was observed that the Lead Appraisers require a specialized understanding of the concepts at CMMI Maturity Level 4 and Maturity Level 5. This lead to the development of the concept of High Maturity…
July 22, 2014
Where to find the list of authorized CMMI Consultants? What are the services included in CMMI Product Suite Services?
CMMI Institute maintains a list of authorized partners on its website www.cmmiinstitute.com at the link: http://partners.clearmodel.com/find-partner-organization/. The partner-organizations with CMMI Institute are authorized to provide CMMI-related services like CMMI Consulting, Assessment and Training. The CMMI Institute website provides the facility for search of CMMI Consultants on the basis of name…
July 17, 2014
What typical questions CMMI Consultants ask the Customer for providing the Proposal for CMMI Consulting and Appraisal Assignments? What are the questions that customer has to face when requesting for a CMMI Proposal from CMMI Consultants?
All organizational representatives must have faced this situation that when their management asks them to get a proposal for CMMI Assessment (or CMMI Certification, as most managements like to call it) on a very urgent basis. When the organizational representatives get in touch with the CMMI Consultants, they are faced…
July 5, 2014
What approach CMMI Consultants should adopt for handling CMMI Assignments in the initial stages?
The CMMI Consultants adopt a variety of approaches while handling CMMI Consulting and Appraisal Programs. Many times the approach depends on the maturity of the customer. Customer makes many statements regarding their capability and maturity – for example – customer would say that they have Certifications like ISO 9001 and…
July 3, 2014
What are the criteria to select CMMI Consultants?
Suppose you want to hire CMMI Consultants. What do you do? You type the key-words like CMMI Consultants or CMMI Consultants in India or CMMI Consultants in USA, etc., on Google Search. You get a large number of results. The challenge that you face as an organizational representative is that…
July 1, 2014
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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.