Process area (CMMI)

Generic goals and practices are a part of every process area.

• GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals
  • GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices
• GG 2 Institutionalize a Managed Process
  • GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy
  • GP 2.2 Plan the Process
  • GP 2.3 Provide Resources
  • GP 2.4 Assign Responsibility
  • GP 2.5 Train People
  • GP 2.6 Control Work Products
  • GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders
  • GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
  • GP 2.9 Objectively Evaluate Adherence
  • GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management
• GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
  • GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
  • GP 3.2 Collect Process Related Experiences

Each process area is defined by a set of goals and practices. These goals and practices appear only in that process area.

• A Project Management process area at Maturity Level 2

Purpose

The purpose of Agreement Management (AM) is to ensure that the supplier and the acquirer perform according to the terms of the supplier agreement.

Specific Practices by Goal

• SG 1 Satisfy Supplier Agreements
  • SP 1.1 Execute the Supplier Agreement
  • SP 1.2 Monitor Selected Supplier Processes
  • SP 1.3 Accept the Acquired Product
  • SP 1.4 Manage Supplier Invoices

• A Support process area at Maturity Level 3

Purpose

The purpose of Capacity and Availability Management (CAM) is to ensure effective service system performance and ensure that resources are provided and used effectively to support service requirements.

Specific Practices by Goal

• SG 1 Prepare for Capacity and Availability Management
  • SP 1.1 Establish a Capacity and Availability Management Strategy
  • SP 1.2 Select Measures and Analytic Techniques
  • SP 1.3 Establish Service System Representations
• SG 2 Monitor and Analyze Capacity and Availability
  • SP 2.1 Monitor and Analyze Capacity
  • SP 2.2 Monitor and Analyze Availability
  • SP 2.3 Report Capacity and Availability Management Data

• A Support process area at Maturity Level 5

Purpose

The purpose of Causal Analysis and Resolution (CAR) is to identify causes of selected outcomes and take action to improve process performance.

Specific Practices by Goal

• SG 1 Determine Causes of Selected Outcomes
  • SP 1.1 Select Outcomes for Analysis
  • SP 1.2 Analyze Causes
• SG 2 Address Causes of Selected Outcomes
  • SP 2.1 Implement Action Proposals
  • SP 2.2 Evaluate the Effect of Implemented Actions
  • SP 2.3 Record Causal Analysis Data

• A Support process area at Maturity Level 2

Purpose

The purpose of Configuration Management (CM) is to establish and maintain the integrity of work products using configuration identification, configuration control, configuration status accounting, and configuration audits.

Specific Practices by Goal

• SG 1 Establish Baselines
  • SP 1.1 Identify Configuration Items
  • SP 1.2 Establish a Configuration Management System
  • SP 1.3 Create or Release Baselines
• SG 2 Track and Control Changes
  • SP 2.1 Track Change Requests
  • SP 2.2 Control Configuration Items
• SG 3 Establish Integrity
  • SP 3.1 Establish Configuration Management Records
  • SP 3.2 Perform Configuration Audits

• A Support process area at Maturity Level 3

Purpose

The purpose of Decision Analysis and Resolution (DAR) is to analyze possible decisions using a formal evaluation process that evaluates identified alternatives against established criteria.

Specific Practices by Goal

• SG 1 Evaluate Alternatives
  • SP 1.1 Establish Guidelines for Decision Analysis
  • SP 1.2 Establish Evaluation Criteria
  • SP 1.3 Identify Alternative Solutions
  • SP 1.4 Select Evaluation Methods
  • SP 1.5 Evaluate Alternative Solutions
  • SP 1.6 Select Solutions

• A Project Management process area at Maturity Level 3

Purpose

The purpose of Integrated Project Management (IPM) is to establish and manage the project and the involvement of relevant stakeholders according to an integrated and defined process that is tailored from the organization's set of standard processes.

Specific Practices by Goal

• SG 1 Use the Project's Defined Process
  • SP 1.1 Establish the Project's Defined Process
  • SP 1.2 Use Organizational Process Assets for Planning Project Activities
  • SP 1.3 Establish the Project's Work Environment
  • SP 1.4 Integrate Plans
  • SP 1.5 Manage the Project Using the Integrated Plans
  • SP 1.6 Establish Teams
  • SP 1.7 Contribute to Organizational Process Assets
• SG 2 Coordinate and Collaborate with Relevant Stakeholders
  • SP 2.1 Manage Stakeholder Involvement
  • SP 2.2 Manage Dependencies
  • SP 2.3 Resolve Coordination Issues

• A Support process area at Maturity Level 2

Purpose

The purpose of Measurement and Analysis (MA) is to develop and sustain a measurement capability used to support management information needs.

Specific Practices by Goal

• SG 1 Align Measurement and Analysis Activities
  • SP 1.1 Establish Measurement Objectives
    • Resources,People,Facilities and Techniques.
  • SP 1.2 Specify Measures
    • Information Needs Document,Guidance,Reference and Reporting.
  • SP 1.3 Specify Data Collection and Storage Procedures
    • Sources,Methods,Frequency and Owners.
  • SP 1.4 Specify Analysis Procedures
    • Rules,Alarms,SPC and Variance.
• SG 2 Provide Measurement Results
  • SP 2.1 Obtain Measurement Data
    • Actual,Plan,Automatic and Manual.
  • SP 2.2 Analyze Measurement Data
    • Evaluate,Drill Down,RCA.
  • SP 2.3 Store Data and Results
    • Store,Secure,Accessible,History and Evidence.
  • SP 2.4 Communicate Results
    • Information Sharing,Dash Boards,Up to Date,Simple and Interpret.

• A Process Management process area at Maturity Level 3

Purpose

The purpose of Organizational Process Definition (OPD) is to establish and maintain a usable set of organizational process assets, work environment standards, and rules and guidelines for teams.

Specific Practices by Goal

• SG 1 Establish Organizational Process Assets
  • SP 1.1 Establish Standard Processes
  • SP 1.2 Establish Lifecycle Model Descriptions
  • SP 1.3 Establish Tailoring Criteria and Guidelines
  • SP 1.4 Establish the Organization's Measurement Repository
  • SP 1.5 Establish the Organization's Process Asset Library
  • SP 1.6 Establish Work Environment Standards
  • SP 1.7 Establish Rules and Guidelines for Teams

• A Process Management process area at Maturity Level 3

Purpose

The purpose of Organizational Process Focus (OPF) is to plan, implement, and deploy organizational process improvements based on a thorough understanding of current strengths and weaknesses of the organization's processes and process assets.

Specific Practices by Goal

• SG 1 Determine Process Improvement Opportunities
  • SP 1.1 Establish Organizational Process Needs
  • SP 1.2 Appraise the Organization's Processes
  • SP 1.3 Identify the Organization's Process Improvements
• SG 2 Plan and Implement Process Improvements
  • SP 2.1 Establish Process Action Plans
  • SP 2.2 Implement Process Action Plans
• SG 3 Deploy Organizational Process Assets and Incorporate Experiences
  • SP 3.1 Deploy Organizational Process Assets
  • SP 3.2 Deploy Standard Processes
  • SP 3.3 Monitor the Implementation
  • SP 3.4 Incorporate Experiences into Organizational Process Assets

• A Process Management process area at Maturity Level 5

Purpose

The purpose of Organizational Performance Management (OPM) is to proactively manage the organization's performance to meet its business objectives.

Specific Practices by Goal

• SG 1 Manage Business Performance
  • SP 1.1 Maintain Business Objectives
  • SP 1.2 Analyze Process Performance Data
  • SP 1.3 Identify Potential Areas for Improvement
• SG 2 Select Improvements
  • SP 2.1 Elicit Suggested Improvements
  • SP 2.2 Analyze Suggested Improvements
  • SP 2.3 Validate Improvements
  • SP 2.4 Select and Implement Improvements for Deployment
• SG 3 Deploy Improvements
  • SP 3.1 Plan the Deployment
  • SP 3.2 Manage the Deployment
  • SP 3.3 Evaluate Improvement Effects

• A Process Management process area at Maturity Level 4

Purpose

The purpose of Organizational Process Performance (OPP) is to establish and maintain a quantitative understanding of the performance of selected processes in the organization's set of standard processes in support of achieving quality and process performance objectives, and to provide process performance data, baselines, and models to quantitatively manage the organization's projects.

Specific Practices by Goal

• SG 1 Establish Performance Baselines and Models
  • SP 1.1 Establish Quality and Process Performance Objectives
  • SP 1.2 Select Processes
  • SP 1.3 Establish Process Performance Measures
  • SP 1.4 Analyze Process Performance and Establish Process Performance Baselines
  • SP 1.5 Establish Process Performance Models

• A Process Management process area at Maturity Level 3

Purpose

The purpose of Organizational Training (OT) is to develop skills and knowledge of people so they can perform their roles effectively and efficiently.

Specific Practices by Goal

• SG 1 Establish an Organizational Training Capability
  • SP 1.1 Establish Strategic Training Needs
  • SP 1.2 Determine Which Training Needs Are the Responsibility of the Organization
  • SP 1.3 Establish an Organizational Training Tactical Plan
  • SP 1.4 Establish a Training Capability
• SG 2 Provide Training
  • SP 2.1 Deliver Training
  • SP 2.2 Establish Training Records
  • SP 2.3 Assess Training Effectiveness

• An Engineering process area at Maturity Level 3

Purpose

The purpose of Product Integration (PI) is to assemble the product from the product components, ensure that the product, as integrated, behaves properly (i.e., possesses the required functionality and quality attributes), and deliver the product.

Specific Practices by Goal

• SG 1 Prepare for Product Integration
  • SP 1.1 Establish an Integration Strategy
  • SP 1.2 Establish the Product Integration Environment
  • SP 1.3 Establish Product Integration Procedures and Criteria
• SG 2 Ensure Interface Compatibility
  • SP 2.1 Review Interface Descriptions for Completeness
  • SP 2.2 Manage Interfaces
• SG 3 Assemble Product Components and Deliver the Product
  • SP 3.1 Confirm Readiness of Product Components for Integration
  • SP 3.2 Assemble Product Components
  • SP 3.3 Evaluate Assembled Product Components
  • SP 3.4 Package and Deliver the Product or Product Component

• A Project Management process area at Maturity Level 2

Purpose

The purpose of Project Monitoring and Control (PMC) is to provide an understanding of the project's progress so that appropriate corrective actions can be taken when the project's performance deviates significantly from the plan.

Specific Practices by Goal

• SG 1 Monitor the Project Against the Plan
  • SP 1.1 Monitor Project Planning Parameters
  • SP 1.2 Monitor Commitments
  • SP 1.3 Monitor Project Risks
  • SP 1.4 Monitor Data Management
  • SP 1.5 Monitor Stakeholder Involvement
  • SP 1.6 Conduct Progress Reviews
  • SP 1.7 Conduct Milestone Reviews
• SG 2 Manage Corrective Action to Closure
  • SP 2.1 Analyze Issues
  • SP 2.2 Take Corrective Action
  • SP 2.3 Manage Corrective Actions

• A Project Management process area at Maturity Level 2

Purpose

The purpose of Project Planning (PP) is to establish and maintain plans that define project activities.

Specific Practices by Goal

• SG 1 Establish Estimates
  • SP 1.1 Estimate the Scope of the Project
  • SP 1.2 Establish Estimates of Work Product and Task Attributes
  • SP 1.3 Define Project Lifecycle Phases
  • SP 1.4 Estimate Effort and Cost
• SG 2 Develop a Project Plan
  • SP 2.1 Establish the Budget and Schedule
  • SP 2.2 Identify Project Risks
  • SP 2.3 Plan Data Management
  • SP 2.4 Plan the Project's Resources
  • SP 2.5 Plan Needed Knowledge and Skills
  • SP 2.6 Plan Stakeholder Involvement
  • SP 2.7 Establish the Project Plan
• SG 3 Obtain Commitment to the Plan
  • SP 3.1 Review Plans that Affect the Project
  • SP 3.2 Reconcile Work and Resource Levels
  • SP 3.3 Obtain Plan Commitment

• A Support process area at Maturity Level 2

Purpose

The purpose of Process and Product Quality Assurance (PPQA) is to provide staff and management with objective insight into processes and associated work products.

Specific Practices by Goal

• SG 1 Objectively Evaluate Processes and Work Products
  • SP 1.1 Objectively Evaluate Processes
  • SP 1.2 Objectively Evaluate Work Products
• SG 2 Provide Objective Insight
  • SP 2.1 Communicate and Resolve Noncompliance Issues
  • SP 2.2 Establish Records.

• A Project Management process area at Maturity Level 4

Purpose

The purpose of the Quantitative Project Management (QPM) process area is to quantitatively manage the project to achieve the project's established quality and process performance objectives.

Specific Practices by Goal

• SG 1 Prepare for Quantitative Management
  • SP 1.1 Establish the Project's Objectives
  • SP 1.2 Compose the Defined Processes
  • SP 1.3 Select Subprocesses and Attributes
  • SP 1.4 Select Measures and Analytic Techniques
• SG 2 Quantitatively Manage the Project
  • SP 2.1 Monitor the Performance of Selected Subprocesses
  • SP 2.2 Manage Project Performance
  • SP 2.3 Perform Root Cause Analysis

• An Engineering process area at Maturity Level 3.

Purpose

The purpose of Requirements Development (RD) is to elicit, analyze, and establish customer, product, and product component requirements.

Specific Practices by Goal

• SG 1 Develop Customer Requirements
  • SP 1.1 Elicit Needs
  • SP 1.2 Transform Stakeholder Needs into Customer Requirements
• SG 2 Develop Product Requirements
  • SP 2.1 Establish Product and Product Component Requirements
  • SP 2.2 Allocate Product Component Requirements
  • SP 2.3 Identify Interface Requirements
• SG 3 Analyze and Validate Requirements
  • SP 3.1 Establish Operational Concepts and Scenarios
  • SP 3.2 Establish a Definition of Required Functionality and Quality Attributes
  • SP 3.3 Analyze Requirements
  • SP 3.4 Analyze Requirements to Achieve Balance
  • SP 3.5 Validate Requirements

• A Project Management process area at Maturity Level 2

Purpose

The purpose of Requirements Management (REQM) is to manage requirements of the project's products and product components and to ensure alignment between those requirements and the project's plans and work products.

Specific Practices by Goal

• SG 1 Manage Requirements
  • SP 1.1 Understand Requirements
  • SP 1.2 Obtain Commitment to Requirements
  • SP 1.3 Manage Requirements Changes
  • SP 1.4 Maintain Bidirectional Traceability of Requirements
  • SP 1.5 Ensure Alignment Between Project Work and Requirements

• A Project Management process area at Maturity Level 3

Purpose

The purpose of Risk Management (RSKM) is to identify potential problems before they occur so that risk handling activities can be planned and invoked as needed across the life of the product or project to mitigate adverse impacts on achieving objectives.

Specific Practices by Goal

• SG 1 Prepare for Risk Management
  • SP 1.1 Determine Risk Sources and Categories
  • SP 1.2 Define Risk Parameters
  • SP 1.3 Establish a Risk Management Strategy
• SG 2 Identify and Analyze Risks
  • SP 2.1 Identify Risks
  • SP 2.2 Evaluate, Categorize, and Prioritize Risks
• SG 3 Mitigate Risks
  • SP 3.1 Develop Risk Mitigation Plans
  • SP 3.2 Implement Risk Mitigation Plans

• A Project Management process area at Maturity Level 2

Purpose

The purpose of Supplier Agreement Management (SAM) is to manage the acquisition of products from suppliers.

Specific Practices by Goal

• SG 1 Establish Supplier Agreements
  • SP 1.1 Determine Acquisition Type
  • SP 1.2 Select Suppliers
  • SP 1.3 Establish Supplier Agreements
• SG 2 Satisfy Supplier Agreements
  • SP 2.1 Execute the Supplier Agreement
  • SP 2.2 Accept the Acquired Product
  • SP 2.3 Ensure Transition of Products

• An Engineering process area at Maturity Level 3

Purpose

The purpose of Technical Solution (TS) is to select design and implement solutions to requirements. Solutions, designs, and implementations encompass products, product components, and product related lifecycle processes either singly or in combination as appropriate.

Specific Practices by Goal

• SG 1 Select Product Component Solutions
  • SP 1.1 Develop Alternative Solutions and Selection Criteria
  • SP 1.2 Select Product Component Solutions
• SG 2 Develop the Design
  • SP 2.1 Design the Product or Product Component
  • SP 2.2 Establish a Technical Data Package
  • SP 2.3 Design Interfaces Using Criteria
  • SP 2.4 Perform Make, Buy or Reuse Analyses
• SG 3 Implement the Product Design
  • SP 3.1 Implement the Design
  • SP 3.2 Develop Product Support Documentation

• An Engineering process area at Maturity Level 3

Purpose

The purpose of Validation (VAL) is to demonstrate that a product or product component fulfills its intended use when placed in its intended environment.

Specific Practices by Goal

• SG 1 Prepare for Validation
  • SP 1.1 Select Products for Validation
  • SP 1.2 Establish the Validation Environment
  • SP 1.3 Establish Validation Procedures and Criteria
• SG 2 Validate Product or Product Components
  • SP 2.1 Perform Validation
  • SP 2.2 Analyze Validation Results

• An Engineering process area at Maturity Level 3

Purpose

The purpose of Verification (VER) is to ensure that selected work products meet their specified requirements.

Specific Practices by Goal

• SG 1 Prepare for Verification
  • SP 1.1 Select Work Products for Verification
  • SP 1.2 Establish the Verification Environment
  • SP 1.3 Establish Verification Procedures and Criteria
• SG 2 Perform Peer Reviews
  • SP 2.1 Prepare for Peer Reviews
  • SP 2.2 Conduct Peer Reviews
  • SP 2.3 Analyze Peer Review Data
• SG 3 Verify Selected Work Products
  • SP 3.1 Perform Verification
  • SP 3.2 Analyze Verification Results