CMMI Frequently Asked Questions and their responses from CMMI Consultant(s)
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CMMI Blog Special Series: 8th 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 Requirements Development (RD) Process Area, what would be your response:
For the above-mentioned question, CMMI consultants may take inputs from the following: The purpose of Requirements Development (RD) Process Area of CMMI ML 3 is to elicit, analyze and establish customer, product and product component requirements. Requirements Management process area also works with RD to Manage Requirements, Changes to Requirements…
September 21, 2015
CMMI Companies in Colombia: CMMI Appraised Companies: We received the question regarding the best way to find out CMMI Companies in Colombia, South America:
The best way to find out the companies who are registered as CMMI Level 3 Appraised companies in Colombia South America is to consult the link: https://sas.cmmiinstitute.com/pars/pars.aspx You will be able to find the companies which are appraised for CMMI Level 3. You will have to select the Year, CMMI…
September 4, 2015
CMMI Blog Special Series: 5th 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 Configuration Management (CM) Process Area, what would be your response:
For the above-mentioned question, CMMI consultants may take inputs from the following inputs. The purpose of Configuration Management (CM) is to establish and maintain the integrity of work products using configuration identification, configuration control, configuration status accounting, and configuration audits. The scope of this process area is to identify, track…
August 2, 2015
CMMI Blog Special Series: 1st 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 Project Planning (PP) Process Area, what would be your response:
For the above-mentioned question, CMMI Consultants may take inputs from the following: The Project Planning starts with the signing of contract, issuance of scope of work document and conduct of Project Initiation Meeting by the Program Manager/Account Manager. During the Initiation Meeting the resources are allocated and commitments from the…
June 25, 2015
As CMMI Consultants you may be asked a question on how to implement Configuration Management in context of CMMI for Services as compared to the CMMI for Development? What are difference between Configuration Management done for CMMI for Development and CMMI for Services?
Configuration Management Process Area deals with the management of the work products and it involves their Identification, Control of their configuration (Version, Make, Model, etc.), Status Accounting (Listing, Version History, etc.) and conducting Audits. Now if we analyze the CM Process Area in context of the CMMI Models i.e. CMMI…
May 9, 2015
Can the CMMI be applied only for software developments companies, or can systems integration companies also derive benefit from it?
As processes around the world are evolving, so are the CMMI Models. CMMI Institute has grown over a period of time and has developed three models – CMMI for Development, CMMI for Acquisition and CMMI for Services. With these models in hand not only Software Development Organizations but others organizations…
November 19, 2014
What are the different CMMI models that are available at this time? What are the common and specific process areas of these CMMI Models?
Currently three CMMI Models developed by the CMMI Institute: CMMI for Development Version 1.3 (CMMI-DEV) CMMI for Services Version 1.3 (CMMI-SVC) CMMI for Acquisition Version 1.3 (CMMI-ACQ) Common and Specific elements (Process Areas) in CMMI Models: Schematic Representation: Above picture shows the core, common and specific Process Areas between all…
October 22, 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
Why CMMI is one of the best quality framework for a Software Development Organization?
Most of the start-up organizations working with Software Development need to have trusted framework/model for their organizations that can direct them for continuous process improvement as they grow in size and responsibilities. CMMI® (Capability Maturity Model® Integration) models (CMMI for Development, CMMI for Services and CMMI for Acquisition) are collections…
May 28, 2013
Whether CMMI for Services or CMMI for Development is suitable for Organizations involved with System Integration?
It all depends on the larger scope of the implementation. These days most of the big IT companies are involved with the System Integration Services. But they are not clear about which CMMI Model to opt for their organization. Should they go with CMMI for Services or CMMI for Development?
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