CMMI Frequently Asked Questions and their responses from CMMI Consultant(s)
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Roles and responsibilities of SQA in an organization going for CMMI Assessment
SQA (Software Quality Assurance) Engineer in an Organization going for CMMI Assessment has various responsibilities. SQA Team Structure depends on the overall strength of the organization and number of people involved with process implementations (in Software Development or Services Organization). SQA is the mainly responsible for leading the Quality Initiative…
September 16, 2013
How to do Product Integration (PI)?
Product Integration (PI) is a Process Area at CMMI Maturity Level 3 under Engineering category. Product Integration (PI) helps in the assembling of the product components into the product. It also ensures that the product is integrated and behaves as intended (for functionality and quality requirements) and delivers the product.
CMMI and Process and Product Quality Assurance (PPQA) requirements
Process and Product Quality Assurance (PPQA) process area is available at CMMI Maturity Level 2 under the Support category. Process and Product Quality Assurance (PPQA) helps in the conduct of quality assurance activities for the processes and products in the organization. Process and Product Quality Assurance process area involves the…
August 2, 2013
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
Impact of not doing training as per CMMI requirements
In CMMI implementation, Training Process Area is an important and integral requirement for process improvement. “Training” has been added at CMMI Maturity Level 3 as Organizational Training Process Area but training starts at CMMI Maturity Level 2 in the Project Planning Process Area where CMMI talks about planning the training…
July 19, 2013
Guidelines for Supplier Agreement Management in CMMI
Supplier Agreement Management (SAM) is a Process Area at CMMI Maturity Level 2. SAM is not applicable, when an organization is not using any third party vendor/supplier. SAM is an important process area and is applicable when your organization uses the services of external vendor for purchase of Product or…
July 17, 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
What are the prerequisites to become a member of the SEPG (Software Engineering Group) or QAG (Quality Assurance Group) in a CMMI Organization?
SEPG or QAG is an important group in a CMMI Organization and is involved with Continuous Process Improvement. If you have missed our post on Roles and Responsibilities of SEPG or QAG Group click on the link. If you are interested in becoming a member of the SEPG/QAG Group, here…
April 23, 2013
What is the impact when the organization not doing proper Decision Analysis and Resolution?
What you’ll see: Unclear who is authorized to make what decisions? Decisions are made on primarily subjective basis Same issue is “decided†over and over and over…… Rationale for earlier decisions is unavailable when needed to understand the decision later in the project Only a few choices considered for major…
July 7, 2009
What is the impact when the organization not doing proper Organizational Process Definitions?
Definition isn’t done well….. What you’ll see: Staff resists using the guidance in the standard processes that have been defined Mother of all process manuals†sits on the real (or virtual!) shelf Lots of time being spent getting process waivers Extreme amount of tailoring requested by each project.
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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.