CMMI Frequently Asked Questions and their responses from CMMI Consultant(s)
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Update on CMMI Benefits Information from CMMI Institute Report
Previous Research at SEI, as per the published report based on 25 different organizations, CMU/SEI-2006-TR-004, [August 2006] had confirmed benefits from CMMI implementation, in areas of Cost, Schedule, Productivity, Quality, Customer Satisfaction and Return on Investment. The study had quoted examples from industries like Boeing, General Motors, JP Morgan Chase,…
January 4, 2018
CMMI Blog Special Series: 3rd 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 inputs and outputs of Supplier Agreement Management (SAM) Process Area, what would be your response:
For the above-mentioned question, CMMI Consultants may take inputs from the following suggestions. The purpose of CMMI Process Area – Supplier Agreement Management (SAM) is to manage the acquisition of products and services from suppliers. A supplier agreement is established to manage the relationship between the organization and the supplier….
July 13, 2015
What is the relationship of CMMI Process Models with ISO Certification Standards…
CMMI Process model and ISO Certification standards have different origins. CMMI Process Models have been developed in the past by an organization called Software Engineering Institute (SEI) which is US Department of Defence funded organization and a part of the illustrious Carnegie Mellon University based at Pittsburgh, USA. ISO Certification…
June 12, 2015
Which model to be selected – CMMI-DEV or CMMI-SVC ? If an organization predominantly provides services like IT Service Management, Staff-augmentation etc., and also carries out Software Development activity in bits and pieces – which model it should select, CMMI-SVC or CMMI-DEV..?
The business activity of some organizations is more amenable to CMMI-SVC model. For example, their dominant services may include – Providing IT Services, Providing Staff-augmentation services, etc. But such organizations may also provide software development services, maybe in a smaller measure, and software-development services may include Providing Design, Development, Maintenance…
July 13, 2014
What is CMMI Institute?
CMMI Institute is established at Pittsburgh, USA. CMMI Model, having attained the position of a matured product, has been transitioned to CMMI Institute by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI). At this point in time, CMMI Institute is playing the same role globally with respect to CMMI Model as was being…
June 27, 2014
A company has Product Development Division and Services Division… in this case, should the company be going in for CMMi certification under both CMMi-DEV and CMMi-SVC models?
The selection of model for the CMMI Implementation and Assessment is entirely a matter of choice. When this choice is made, certain factors can be countered in like (a) suitability of the particular CMMI Model (b) the nature of work (business) to the company (c) integration and synergy with existing…
June 3, 2014
Can a service organization also having software as a service (SaaS) use CMM-SVC (CMMI for Services) Model for its Appraisal?
CMMI Institute (earlier SEI) has published both CMMI-DEV and CMMI-SVC models. The CMMI-SVC, V1.3 model, is a collection of service best practices from government and industry that is generated from the CMMI V1.3 Architecture and Framework. CMMI-SVC is based on the CMMI Model Foundation or CMF (i.e., model components common…
July 30, 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
As per SCAMPI Ver 1.3 can a LA with only CMMI-DEV ver 1.3 is allowed to do both CMMI-DEV and CMMI-SVC as a single appraisal with multiple models?
A Certified SCAMPI LA (Lead Appraiser) for CMMI-DEV (CMMI for Development) ver 1.3 can not conduct a formal SCAMPI Appraisal for CMMI-SVC (CMMI for Services) ver 1.3, unless, he is certified for the CMMI-SVC also. Appraisals for the CMMI-DEV and CMMI-SVC cannot be combined together. They have to be conducted…
May 4, 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.