Related Process Areas

Refer to the Quantitative Project Management process area for more information about the analysis of process performance and the creation of process capability measures for selected project processes.

Refer to the Organizational Innovation and Deployment process area for more information about the selection and deployment of improvements to organizational processes and technologies.

Refer to the Measurement and Analysis process area for more information about establishing objectives for measurement and analysis, specifying the measures and analyses to be performed, obtaining and analyzing measures, and reporting results.

Table . Practice-to-Goal Relationship Table

Continuous Representation	Staged Representation
SG 1 Determine Causes of Defects	SG 1 Determine Causes of Defects
SP 1.1-1 Select Defect Data for Analysis	SP 1.1-1 Select Defect Data for Analysis
SP 1.2-1 Analyze Causes	SP 1.2-1 Analyze Causes
SG 2 Address Causes of Defects	SG 2 Address Causes of Defects
SP 2.1-1 Implement the Action Proposals	SP 2.1-1 Implement the Action Proposals
SP 2.2-1 Evaluate the Effect of Changes	SP 2.2-1 Evaluate the Effect of Changes
SP 2.3-1 Record Data	SP 2.3-1 Record Data
GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
GP 1.1 Perform Base Practices
GG 2 Institutionalize a Managed Process	GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy	GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
GP 2.2 Plan the Process	GP 2.2 Plan the Process
GP 2.3 Provide Resources	GP 2.3 Provide Resources
GP 2.4 Assign Responsibility	GP 2.4 Assign Responsibility
GP 2.5 Train People	GP 2.5 Train People
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations	GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders	GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process	GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
GP 2.9 Objectively Evaluate Adherence	GP 2.9 Objectively Evaluate Adherence
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management	GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process	GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information	GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information
GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process
GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process
GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance
GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process
GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement
GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems