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Table 1-3 Key CMMI Specific Practices Discussed in the Topic (Continued)
Specific Practice
Brief Description
OPD SP 1.3
Establish Tailoring Criteria and Guidelines
OPF SP 1.1
Establish Organizational Process Needs
PMC SP 1.1
Monitor Project Planning Parameters
PMC SP 2.3
Manage Corrective Action
PP SP 1.2
Establish Estimates of Products and Task Attributes
PP SP 1.3
Define Project Life Cycle
PP SP 2.7
Establish the Project Plan
PP SP 3.2
Reconcile Work and Resource Levels
QPM SP 1.3
Select Subprocesses to Statistically Manage
REQM SP 1.3
Manage Requirements Changes
RSKM SP 3.1
Develop Risk Mitigation Plans
VER SP 1.2
Select Work Products for Verification
VER SP 1.3
Establish Verification Procedures and Criteria
Practices are expected, but can be achieved by what is referred to as “alterna-
tive” practices that achieve the intent of the practice. All goals related to a
process area must be achieved when seeking a rating associated with a
process area.
The purpose of the GPs is to aid what is referred to as institutionalization of a
PA , w h i c h e ff e c t i v e l y m e a n s e n s u r i n g t h e o rg a n i z a t i o n h a s a n i n f r a s t r u c t u re
in place to support the PA when new people come in or other changes hap-
pen within the organization. While there is only one set of PAs, the model
can be employed using two different representations referred to as the
Staged Representation and the Continuous Representation. With the Staged
Representation, process areas are viewed as collections at five distinct matu-
rity levels.
With the Continuous Representation, decisions on the use of the model can be
made in a more flexible way supporting an organization's unique business
 
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