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
CMMI is the process model implemented at the organizational level. It may not be possible to use CMMI for the evaluation of Product Quality? Is there any standard available for Software Product Quality Certification?
As we all know, that CMMI is the process model that is implemented at the organizational level. The best practices followed while implementing CMMI deliver good quality products and services. Still, if it comes to the key question, can we say that the product is certified for quality according to…
August 12, 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
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
Change in Name of the CMMI Appraised Organization: If the name of the organization that has undergone CMMI Appraisal is changed, can the same be changed on the CMMI Published Appraisal Results Website (https://sas.cmmiinstitute.com/pars/pars.aspx) of the CMMI Institute?
In the past, the Software Engineering Institute had a policy that they considered the CMMI Appraisal results as a point in time results and there was no provision for change in name on the Published Appraisal Results website. Currently, on the request of various Lead Appraisers and Appraisal Sponsors, CMMI…
July 3, 2014
What is the trend of CMMI in India? How it is in comparison to CMMI in China?
One indicator to observe the trend of CMMI Adoption in India is to find out the number of CMMI SCAMPI Appraisals that are carried out in the country. To be exact, 143 CMMI SCAMPI Appraisals were carried out in India in the Year 2012 and 188 appraisals were carried out…
June 30, 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
What is CMMI Constellation?
The CMMI Constellation refers to the collection of CMMI Components that may combine together to form a body of knowledge that may be called a model and associated training and appraisal related artefacts and methodologies. A CMMI Constellation may concentrate on area of knowledge. For example, CMMI, now, has got…
June 26, 2014
What are the threats to software databases while building up secure software products? What are the developments in this regard with respect to CMMI Model?
There are various threats to the Software Databases that can be addressed for building up secure software products. Some examples of these threats and vulnerabilities are: Aggregation, Bypass Attacks, Inference, Poly-instantiation, Views, Concurrency, Data Contamination, Dead-locking, Denial of service, Improper modification of data, Interception of data, Query attacks, Server access,…
June 25, 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.