A Guide to the CMMI®

Interpreting the Capability Maturity Model® Integration

By Kenneth Dymond

<<<<TO ORDER THE BOOK  >>>

Current book based on CMMI v1.1
>>>2nd Edition based on CMMI v1.2 to be published in January 2007<<<

• Illustrates all four Capability Maturity Levels.
• Incorporates the Pictogram Method – translating lengthy text with insightful pictures.
• Gives readers a quick grasp of the model's concepts
• Draws on the author's wide experience.
• Answers questions such as:

What is the CMMI?

Where did the model come from?

What does Capability Maturity mean?

• Pictures and interprets in Chapters 2, 3, 4, and 5 the levels of the Capability Maturity Model Integration.
• Discusses in clear, straightforward language how implementers and appraisers can develop their own interpretation of the model.
• Recommends putting the CMMI to work with implementation threads rather than focusing on Process Areas and checklists of practices.
• Suggests that models are abstractions, but projects are 3-dimensional flows of activities performed by people under pressure to meet schedules.
• Advises that lasting improvements to remove causes of rework and increase production capability rest on a Lessons Learned – Feed Forward thread.

A Guide to the CMMI^®

Interpreting the Capability Maturity Model^® Integration

Table of Contents         

Acknowledgments

Table of Figures 
Introduction

Chapter 1: Basic Concepts and Structure of the Model
Part 1: Basic Concepts.                                          
Part 2: Structure of the Model

Chapter 2: Maturity Level 2 Managed
Introduction
Requirements Management
Project Planning.
Project Monitoring and Control
Supplier Agreement Management
Measurement and Analysis
Process and Product Quality Assurance
Configuration Management.

Chapter 3: Maturity Level 3 Defined
Introduction

Part 1: Systems and Software Engineering Discipline
Requirements Development
Technical Solution (& Implementation)
Product Integration (& Delivery).
Verification
Validation.
Organizational Process Focus
Organizational Process Definition
Organizational Training
Integrated Project Management
Specific Goal 1
Specific Goal 2
Risk Management
Decision Analysis and Resolution

Part 2: Supplier Sourcing Discipline
Integrated Supplier Management

Part 3: Integrated Product and Process Development Discipline
The Concept
Organizational Environment for Integration
Integrated Project Management for Integrated Product and
Process Development
Specific Goal 3
Specific Goal 4
Integrated Teaming

Chapter 4: Maturity Level 4 Quantitatively Managed
Introduction
Organizational Process Performance
Quantitative Project Management

Chapter 5: Maturity Level 5 Optimizing
Introduction
Organizational Innovation and Deployment
Causal Analysis and Resolution

Appendix A: Glossary of Icons
Appendix B: Bibliography
Appendix C: The Laws of Project Thermodynamics in Brief
Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations

Return to Process Transition International homepage

©Process Transition International, Inc.
January 2005