4.2 Cost


3.6 Capability Maturity Model Integration

Capability Maturity Model Integration is a set of guidelines for selecting systems and software engineering suppliers. It is also used for performing process improvement. Capability Maturity Model Integration is a set of criteria for process, project, and engineering management and support. Its criteria are called generic and specific practices. Capability Maturity Model Integration is a robust set of criteria for discriminating among U.S. Department of Defense suppliers. Capability Maturity Model Integration is a set of criteria for analyzing systems and software engineering performance. It helps them establish priorities for corrective action, and it guides them to the peak of operating efficiency. There are two ways to apply Capability Maturity Model Integration . The first is for a U.S. Department of Defense agency or firm to judge how many of the practices are met by suppliers. The second is for an organization to use them for internal process improvement. Figure 6 illustrates Capability Maturity Model Integration .

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Figure 6: Capability Maturity Model Integration Levels

A total of 489 criteria or generic and specific practices comprise Capability Maturity Model Integration staged representation. The 489 criteria are divided into five major plateaus called levels in its staged representation. The five levels are initial, managed, defined, quantitatively managed, and optimizing. The five levels represent increasing compliance with the 489 criteria. They also represent increasing use of principles in basic project management. Process standardization, quantitative management, and continuous process improvement are included. The five levels are further subdivided into 25 process areas. The 25 process areas represent logical groupings of the 489 criteria. The 25 process areas have 12 generic practices which are further divided into four common features. The common features are commitment to perform, ability to perform, directing implementation, and verifying implementation. The common features are designed to enable process improvement at the organizational level.

A total of 614 criteria or practices comprise Capability Maturity Model Integration continuous representation. The 614 criteria are divided into four broad categories in its continuous representation. It may be used instead of the five-level staged representation. The four categories are process management, project management, engineering, and support. The four categories are further divided into 25 process areas, which represent logical groupings of the 614 criteria. The 25 process areas have 17 generic practices which are further divided into six capability levels. The capability levels are incomplete, performed, managed, defined, quantitatively managed, and optimizing. The capability levels are designed to enable process improvement for any one of the 25 process areas. This results in peak operating efficiency for the chosen process area.




ROI of Software Process Improvement. Metrics for Project Managers and Software Engineers
ROI of Software Process Improvement: Metrics for Project Managers and Software Engineers
ISBN: 193215924X
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 145

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