CMMI Distilled: A Practical Introduction to Integrated Process Improvement

Dennis M. Ahern, Richard Turner, Aaron Clouse

CMMI Distilled: A Practical Introduction to Integrated Process Improvement
  • 出版商: Addison Wesley
  • 出版日期: 2001-06-27
  • 售價: $1,340
  • 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $1,273
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 336
  • 裝訂: Paperback
  • ISBN: 0201735008
  • ISBN-13: 9780201735000

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The original Capability Maturity Model® (CMM®) framework has been widely adopted to support software process improvement. Its success has led to the development of similar models for process improvement in other areas: systems engineering, acquisition, and human resources, among others. However, the existence of multiple process improvement models within the same organization can lead to conflict and confusion. The Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) project, spearheaded by industry, government, and the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon, aims to alleviate these difficulties. It supplies a single, integrated framework for improving various processes throughout an organization, thereby enhancing the quality and efficiency of the organization as a whole.

CMMI® Distilled offers executives, project managers, systems and software engineers, and process improvement practitioners a concise, authoritative, and experience-rich introduction to the CMMI framework. The book first explains key aspects of integrated process improvement. Brief case studies highlight the experiences of organizations that have pioneered integrated process improvement and reveal potential pitfalls as well as best practices. It then describes the structure and content of CMMI tools and offers concrete, practical implementation guidelines.

Specific topics covered include:

  • The benefits of integrated process improvement
  • Migration from legacy process improvement activities to the CMMI framework
  • The initial CMMI disciplines: systems engineering, software engineering, and integrated product and process development
  • The proposed CMMI extension for acquisition
  • Staged and continuous CMMI model representations
  • Choosing the most appropriate models for your organization
  • Customizing CMMI products for a specific organization
  • The rationale behind certain CMMI design decisions
  • The initial approach to assessments in CMMI
  • Likely future developments within the CMMI project

The CMMI models are large and complex products. CMMI® Distilled provides a concise introduction to help you understand the CMMI framework, evaluate it, and take the first steps toward integrated process improvement.

Table of Contents

Figure List.
Preface.

I. INTEGRATED PROCESS IMPROVEMENT.

1. Why Integrated Process Improvement?

The Engineering Environment of the Twenty-First Century.
Concurrent Engineering and the Cross-Discipline Team.
A Proliferation of Models and Standards.
The Benefits of Integrated Process Improvement.
Conclusions.


2. Implementing Integrated Process Improvement.

Starting Integrated Process Improvement.
Building an Integrated Improvement Infrastructure.
Integrating Legacy Processes and Initiatives.
Using Assessments.
Integrated Process Improvement Examples.

II. The CMMI Models.


3. The CMMI Concept.

CMMI Project Organization.
CMMI Objectives.
The Three Source Models.
Process Areas.
An Extensible Framework.


4. CMMI Content.

Content Classification.
Required Materials.
Expected Materials.
Informative Materials.
Document Map.


5. CMMI Representations.

Staged Models.
Continuous Models.
CMMI Model Representations.


6. CMMI Dimensions for Measuring Improvement.

Capability Dimension.
Maturity Dimension.
Generic Practices in the Capability Dimension.
Generic Practices in the Maturity Dimension.
Organizational Capability Evolution.


7. CMMI Process Areas.

Process Management Process Areas.
Project Management Process Areas.
Engineering Process Areas.
Support Process Areas.
Integrated Product and Process Development Process Areas.
Acquisition Process Areas.
Relationships with CMMI Components.

III. Using CMMI.


8. Selecting the Appropriate Disciplines.

The Discipline Dilemma.
Your Situation.
The IPPD Extension.
The Acquisition Extension.
Selecting the Appropriate Model.


9. Picking a Representation.

Reasons for Liking Staged Models.
Reasons for Liking Continuous Models.
Reasons for Choosing a CMMI Representation.


10. Assessments with CMMI.

Assessment Requirements for CMMI.
Standard CMMI Assessment Method for Process Improvement.
Using Assessments in Process Improvement.
Making a CMMI Model Your Own (Tailoring).

IV. The Future of CMMI.


11. Evolving CMMI.

Single Versus Dual Representations.
Collection of Issues for Version 1.1 and Beyond.


Afterword.
The Charge of the CMMI Product Team.
Appendix A. Summary of CMMI-SE/SW/IPPD Models: Summary of Continuous Representation.
Appendix B. Summary of CMMISE/SW/IPPD Models: Summary of Staged Representation .
Appendix C. References.
Appendix D. Resources.

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