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SCAMPI A Appraisal Questions for FAR Groups
Can you share the Questionnaires for a ML 3 SCAMPI A appraisal? Currently my organization is preparing for SCAMPI A and I want to trained the interviewees as this is their first experience an appraisal.I am looking for some questions based on each Pr...
CMMI Practices for Documentation Teams
Our organization is CMMI Maturity Level 3 Ver 1.2 certified. Our delivery teams are going to implement CMMI practices soon. I did see the processes of the organization and though all the roles appeared from project leader to developer to manager, exc...
Rationale for Maturity Level 5
Our organization is currently at Maturity Level 3 and is now planning to go for Maturity Level 5. Our CEO is asking for the short term and long term benefits and challenges for implementing Maturity Level 5. How do we provide this information?The q...
Identifying Risks
What is the difference between PP SP 2.2 Identify Project Risk and RSKM SP 2.1 Identify Risks? What you are asking about is one of the basic differences between Maturity Level 2 (ML 2) and Maturity Level 3 (ML 3). Project Planning (PP) is a ML 2 Pro...
Software Sizing
We are trying to achieve CMMI Maturity Level (ML) 3 in my company and we have decided to skip ML 2. So, now, one of our problems is related to software size estimation. We defined a proprietary method, based on Use Case Points and Function Points, ...
Why SAM is excluded ?
Why is SAM removed from CMMI L3?Supplier Agreement Management (SAM) is not excluded from the CMMI-DEV or CMMI-SVC. When you say L3, I assume you mean Maturity Level 3 and SAM is definitely NOT excluded from ML 3. If, however, the Lead Appraiser in ...
Measurement and Analysis vs. Generic Practice 2.8
Would you expect that measures being reported for Generic Practice (GP) 2.8 on all Maturity Level (ML) 2 and ML 3 Process Areas (PAs) would follow the complete Measurement and Analysis (MA) PA? That is these GP 2.8 measures would have written object...
Levying CMMI Requirements on Your Suppliers
I would like to know whether or not an acquirer can specify a CMMI Maturity Level (ML) as a requirement in a call for tenders or invitation to public bidding. What the ML is required? What is the domain ? and for what kind of projects?The answer is y...
Evaluating the CMMI for Services
I'm currently involved in an evaluation of different types of assessments for the area of IT Service Management (ITSM) and therefore challenging the CMMI for Services 1.2 (CMMI-SVC). A major problem I see in CMMI-SVC, is the disregarded sufficient d...
Moving to Maturity Level 4
Our company achieved Maturity Level 3 (ML 3) this year. Now we want to go for Maturity Level 4 (ML 4). Would you please give us some suggestions on what we have to do for ML 4?I can give you a list of items and practices that you need to have in plac...
What is the cost of a CMMI v1.2 L3 certification?
Our company is interested to go for CMMI v1.2 ML3 certification. Can you answer the following questions:What are the costs involved (Internal & External)?Are there any SEI cerfication bodies in India?First of all let me make one clarification to ...
Query on Process Change Management
Processes are meant for Doing things Right, First time, Every time. This is one of the core concepts I have seen people referring to during process formulation exercises. I presume the whole idea behind this is to make an organisation process driven ...
Full Time Resources for Implementing the CMMI
I have been asked to estimate the number of full time resources required by my company to facilitate its drive to Maturity Level 3 PM, SYS, SW, HW and ACQ. Is there any documentation or published information that will help in putting together a robus...
Understanding How Project Planning Evolves from ML 3 to ML 5
The primary difference between project planning at Maturity Level 3 (ML 3) and Maturity Level 5 (ML 5) is how you construct the project’s defined processes. At ML 3 a new project starts from the organization’s set of standard processes and applie...
