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CMMI Distilled A Practical Introduction to Integrated Process Improvement

by: Ahern, Dennis M.; Clouse, Aaron; Turner, Richard

CMMI Distilled A Practical Introduction to Integrated Process Improvement

by: Ahern, Dennis M.; Clouse, Aaron; Turner, Richard

ISBN 13:
9780321186133
ISBN 10:
0321186133
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 09/23/2003
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
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Summary

bull; Eases the path toward CMMI implementation with examples from pioneering organizations who have already used CMMI to their benefit bull; Expanded coverage of how process improvement can impact business goals, and how management can support CMMI adoption bull; Technical changes reflect the CMMI 1.1, the latest version of the process improvement standard

Author Biography

Dennis M. Ahern is an advisory engineer at Northrop Grumman Corporation. Previously, he taught at Yale University and the University of Maryland. He was the deputy project manager of the CMMI Product Development Team and a co-leader of the CMMI Editor Team. He is also an author of CMMI.

Aaron Clouse is an engineering fellow at Raytheon Company. He was a member of the CMMI Editor Team and is an author of CMMI.

Richard Turner, a research professor in engineering management and systems engineering at the George Washington University, approaches balanced software development and acquisition with broad industry and government experience and a skeptical attitude toward best practices. In support of the U.S. Department of Defense, he is responsible for identifying and transitioning new software technology into the development and acquisition of complex, software-intensive defense systems. Dr. Turner was on the original author team for Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) and is coauthor off CMMI Distilled, Second Edition (Addison-Wesley, 2004).

Figure List
Preface
Integrated Process Improvement
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
Implementing Integrated Process Improvement
The Cmmi Models
The CMMI Concept
CMMI Project Organization
CMMI Objectives
The Three Source Models
Process Areas
An Extensible Framework
CMMI Content
Content Classification
Required Materials
Expected Materials
Informative Materials
Document Map
CMMI Representations
Staged Models
Continuous Models
CMMI Model Representations
CMMI Dimensions for Measuring Improvement
Capability Dimension
Maturity Dimension
Generic Practices in the Capability Dimension
Generic Practices in the Maturity Dimension
Organizational Capability Evolution.
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
Using Cmmi
Selecting the Appropriate Disciplines
The Discipline Dilemma
Your Situation
The IPPD Extension
The Acquisition Extension
Selecting the Appropriate Model
Picking a Representation
Reasons for Liking Staged Models
Reasons for Liking Continuous Models
Reasons for Choosing a CMMI Representation
Appraisals 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)
The Future of Cmmi
Evolving CMMI
Single Versus Dual Representations
Collection of Issues for Version 1.1 and Beyond
Afterword
The Charge of the CMMI Product Team
Summary of CMMI-SE/SW/IPPD Models: Summary of Continuous Representation
Summary of CMMISE/SW/IPPD Models: Summary of Staged Representation

References
Resources
The Maven
Index
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