The ATM qualifications are documented in the SCAMPI Method Definition Document (MDD) Section 1.3.2 SELECT TEAM MEMBERS.  I have extracted the related text here. Parameters and Limits The minimum acceptable team size for a SCAMPI A appraisal is four people (including the appraisal team leader). All team members must have previously completed the SEI-licensed Introduction…

One of the pitfalls of applying process improvement is to stay using the same old process and having a parallel project that just produce the required documentation. Project documentation is actually important but it is just documentation. To make things clear, here is an example. If you developed a design document early as opposed to…

In May 1988, Bary W. Bohem published an article about Spiral Model. He described the available, at this time, software models and write some of its advantages and disadvantages. I liked the following paragraph from his article. “A primary source of difficulty with the waterfall model has been its emphasis on fully elaborated documents as…

You want process improvement. Let me tell you about the fastest way ever. Just buy that commercial package that has complete Quality System that let you achieve CMMI maturity level 2/3/4/5, whatever you want. Just copy and paste and you are almost done. What is remaining? Just enforce your team to follow the new Quality…

I like this table which map CMMI process areas in two dimensions, the first is the level and the second is the process type. Level/Process Category Process Project Engineering Support L5 OID CAR L4 OPP QPM L3 OPDOPFOT IPMRSK RDPITSVERVAL DAR L2 PPPMCSAM REQM CMMAPPQA From ahm507.blogspot.com

Many people think that if you are at CMMI L2, you don’t have to have process description. They believe process description is required only in L3. Absolutely, this is not right. If you look at the Reference Book, at GP2.2 text title “Establish and maintain the plan for performing the process”, think a little and…

Here are the lessons I have learned from my second CMMI L2 appraisal, not all of them are technical: 1) Let actions speak about you and don’t speak about yourself; doings are more respectable than sayings. Most people hate who speak much about themselves. 2) Dictatorship: If you are a team leader and unable to…

Here are my tips on practical implementation of CMMI as I experienced in my first appraisal: 1) In CMMI 1.2 PP (Project Planning), you have to create Project Plan, however the GP (Generic Practice) 2.2 require you to “Plan the Process”. It sounds like you have to create a plan to create the project plan.…

I want to create practice summery for CMMI 1.2 especially for L2 and L3. After some googling, I found it athttp://www.processgroup.com/condensed-cmmi1p2-v1.pdf See final CMMI 1.2: http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/06.reports/06tr008.html From ahm507.blogspot.com

Dear Jeff, I attended the Introduction to CMMI 1.2 course, I learned that the goals only are mandatory and practices are expected. Last week I attended a formal appraisal, we mapped each practice to a direct evidence and indirect evidence, so in reality the practices are taken as mandatory. In order to skip some practices…

Last week I spent 8 days in a small company appraisal, one day as a readiness check, then two days as a pre-appraisal training, and 5 days in formal CMMI 1.2 appraisal as an ATM (Appraisal Team Member). In the readiness check, we reviewed the PIIDs document and other documents. PIIDs is an excel sheet…

At first, you could believe CMMI is only for large organizations, of course it should be capable to help big organizations, but what about small businesses. There exist many articles about CMM/CMMI for small organizations, just google with the phrase “CMMI for Small Organization” and you will find useful papers and articles.One of the early…

I just finished today a course on CMMI 1.2, I have these notes: The course is a good introduction to the model, it is most useful to CMMI consultants, quality assurance team members, project managers, and team managers. Not all model details are necessary for other team members, but of course they should be trained…