CMMI Frequently Asked Questions and their responses from CMMI Consultant(s)
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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
How to achieve balance between the theoretical and practical implementation for CMMI?
Lets us first try to understand what CMMI requires from a CMMI Implementer (i.e. your organization). As we all know CMMI is a collection of best practices. In words of CMMI (text taken from CMMI Model): “Like other CMMs, CMMI models provide guidance to use when developing processes. CMMI models…
March 20, 2013
Dear CMMI Consultant, we have just completed our CMMI Appraisal for CMMI Maturity Level 2 successfully, now what next?
First of all congratulations for completing SCAMPI Assessment and having your organization assessed for CMMI Maturity Level 2. Within few weeks your appraisal results will be published by CMMI Institute (formerly SEI). You can view all published results at SEI Pars Website (https://sas.cmmiinstitute.com/pars/pars.aspx). You can filter records for a year…
March 16, 2013
Dear CMMI Consultant we want to know for our CMMI Implementation, how many resources are required from within the company?
Before answering this question let us look at the roles and responsibilities from Organization’s point of view for the CMMI Implementation: Development of a CMMI Compliant QMS QMS Awareness Training Session Implementation Checks/Audits Follow-up Audits Training to Project Team Members on core activities like Project Management, Estimation, Reviews etc. Metrics…
March 12, 2013
Does it really help us when we hire CMMI Consultant for our CMMI Implementation?
As we have said many times that CMMI Consultant is an expert who provide CMMI Implementation Guidance to Organizations and help them in accelerating their efforts towards their targeted Maturity Level (s). Following are some the qualities posses by good a CMMI Consultant: Subject Matter Expertise: CMMI Consultant know about…
February 23, 2013
How to select or hire a CMMI Consultant for CMMI Implementation?
Selection of CMMI Consultant is a very important aspect of the whole CMMI Implementation initiative and can lead to favorable or unfavorable results at the end i.e. CMMI SCAMPI A Assessment. There can be various sources to collect information about CMMI Consultant before hiring them and different checks can be…
February 16, 2013
Organizational Processes and their Compliance Status
How do we ensure about our Processes to know if they have any gap with respect to a particular CMMI Maturity Level or they are compliant to the targeted maturity level? Having right processes and having them complaint to the targeted CMMI Maturity Level are two different things. Most of…
February 2, 2013
Best way to handle Process writing in an organization for CMMI Implementation?
With the start of the CMMI Implementation for a targeted Maturity Level, starts the task of Process writing. Process Writing is a best important task as all the future Process Improvement activities revolves around it. At the same time it is various tedious task and requires a lot of effort,…
December 23, 2012
How to select a target Maturity Level?
Most of the time, in an organization, targeted CMMI Maturity Level are selected based on the Business requirements of having a particular CMMI Maturity Level. And it is the most driving factor behind the selection of a CMMI Maturity Model.
What is the time duration for completing a Maturity Level target?
SEI has collected some data from different organizations for different maturity levels and has observed that on average a 20 month time was required by all organizations achieving CMMI Maturity Level 3 from CMMI Maturity Level 2.
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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.