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CMMI: A Comprehensive Introduction

 
Course: 932     Type: RealityPlus     Duration: 3 Days

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You Will Learn How To
  • Apply the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) methodology for process improvement
  • Select the CMMI implementation that best meets the needs of your organization
  • Perform key appraisal activities related to the CMMI
  • Prepare a Summary Report that includes recommendations for action
  • Develop a practical and effective implementation schedule
  • Apply CMMI principles within your organization

Course Benefits
Improving processes for the development of software products and services is a critical component for timely and cost-effective delivery. The Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) provides a best practice framework to improve and maintain the necessary processes to support development activities. In this course, you gain the knowledge and skills required to apply CMMI principles and practices to meet the demands of internal and customer requirements.

Who Should Attend
Engineers, quality assurance professionals, configuration and business analysts, product and project managers, and those involved in the implementation and maintenance of CMMI.

Extensive activities throughout the course immerse you in an authentic environment, providing practical experience in planning for and implementing CMMI. Activities include:
  • Performing key CMMI tasks within realistic simulations
  • Generating a concise CMMI implementation statement that expresses a business need
  • Choosing the appropriate CMMI model representation to achieve desired results
  • Gathering evidence on specific practices by analyzing documentation and interview data
  • Deploying software tools to present findings that link to evidence
  • Producing an effective summary report and implementation schedule

Course 932 Content
Introduction
An overview of CMMI
  • The evolution of CMMI (CMM, SE-CMM, IPD-CMM)
  • Sponsoring organizations (SEI, NDIA, OSD)
Initiating process improvements
  • Examining high-level flow activities
  • Identifying business drivers for a CMMI implementation
Investigating Key CMMI Concepts
Appraising CMMI Components
  • Recognizing CMMI constellations
  • Development
  • Services
  • Acquisitions
Diagnosing the structure
  • Choosing a model representation that best meets your business needs
  • Exploring the six Capability Levels and the five Maturity Levels
  • Achieving uniform process improvements using Staged Representation
  • Incrementally improving processes using Continuous Representation
Inspecting the Process Areas
  • Identifying and categorizing Process Areas
  • Selecting Process Areas of focus when required
Assessing the goals
  • Distinguishing between generic and specific goals
  • Relating generic practices and specific practices to goals
Exploring Process Areas, Goals and Practices
Interpreting CMMI Components
  • Examining Required, Expected and Informative Components
  • Clarifying component roles
Dissecting the structure of a Process Area
  • Highlighting the scope of Process Areas
  • Implementing generic and specific goals that satisfy a Process Area
  • Employing specific practices to achieve specific goals
Performing CMMI Appraisals
Selecting appraisal methods
  • The importance of an appraisal
  • Determining the level of rigor by choosing the appropriate SCAMPI class
  • Establishing organizational scope
  • Choosing your team
  • Determining output and constraints
Preparing for gap analysis
  • Evaluating the organization against a defined Process Area or goal
  • Tracing relationships between goals, practices and Process Areas
  • Preparing interview questions
Conducting gap analysis
  • Gathering evidence through personnel interviews, relevant documentation and records
  • Mapping the evidence to specific practices
Analyzing the results
  • Leveraging tools for detailed analysis
  • Interpreting data to draw conclusions and achieve consensus
Advancing from Analysis to Implementation
Developing a Summary Report
  • Utilizing specific tools to export data
  • Linking gaps to recommendations
  • Communicating the findings to stakeholders
Creating a CMMI Implementation Schedule
  • Identifying the key components of an effective schedule
  • Building a practical, effective and realistic implementation schedule
  • Tagging activities to specific practices
Applying the CMMI for Future Use
  • Engaging the CMMI process in a variety of situations
  • Reinforcing your CMMI application skills
  • Ongoing CMMI developments

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