CMMI

Capability Maturity Model Integration ( CMMI ) - a set of models (methodologies) for improving processes in organizations of different sizes and activities. CMMI contains a set of recommendations in the form of practices, the implementation of which, according to the developers of the model, allows you to realize the goals necessary for the full implementation of certain areas of activity.

The CMMI model set includes three models: CMMI for Development (CMMI-DEV), CMMI for Services (CMMI-SVC), and CMMI for Acquisition (CMMI-ACQ). The most famous is the CMMI for Development model, focused on organizations involved in the development of software, hardware, and integrated systems. At the moment, there are two versions of the models: three separate models of version 1.3 (released in November 2010) and the partially published single version 2.0 (released at the end of March 2018).

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History

CMMI is a development of the CMM methodology, which has been developed since the second half of the 1980s by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University. Since January 2013, all activities related to CMMI models have been transferred from SEI to the CMMI Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, specially created for this purpose. Later (since 2016) the CMMI Institute became a division of the ISACA commercial association.

In 2007, the first authorized (later certified) CMMI instructor appeared in Russia, and in 2008 the first Russian-speaking lead appraiser (Lead Appraiser). As of July 2018, one leading appraiser and one certified instructor (represented by one specialist) was certified by the CMMI Institute in Russia. There are also several specialists in Russia who have CMMI Associate certification (certification confirming a high level of knowledge of the model, but not giving the right to conduct official training and / or evaluations).

Structure

CMMI defines 22 process areas. For each of the process areas, there are a number of goals that must be achieved when implementing CMMI in this process area. Some goals are unique - they are called specific. Generic goals apply to all process areas. Goals are achieved through the implementation of practices (model recommendations), or their adequate alternatives. In accordance with the attitude towards a goal, practices are divided into specific and general.

There are two CMMI views: continuous and staged. When implementing CMMI practices using continuous presentation, the choice of process areas is not fixed (although the model contains recommendations on how to implement the areas). To assess the level of institutionalization of the process area, a scale of capability levels from 0 to 5 (six levels) is used. A stepwise view defines five (1-5) maturity levels of an organization. To achieve each level of maturity (except the first), it is necessary to fulfill the requirements for the implementation of the goals of a certain set of process areas to achieve the corresponding goals. The first level of maturity in the model is not defined.

Maturity Measurement System

Any process improvement involves a smooth / phased process. In CMMI, these stages are formalized - there are 5 levels of maturity, each of which indicates the maturity of the organization's processes.

5. Focus on process improvement	Optimizable
4. Processes are measured and controlled.	Quantitatively driven
3. Processes are defined at the organization level. Processes are executed in advance	Certain
2. Processes are defined at the project level. Processes often appear in response to certain events.	Managed
1. The processes are unpredictable, poorly controlled. processes appear in response to certain events	Elementary

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Literature

Denis M. Aachen, Aron Claus, Richard Turner CMMI: An integrated approach to process improvement. A practical introduction to the model.

- M: IFC, 2005, 300 p. ISBN 5-85389-082-4

mini CMMI-survey (neopr.) . SQI Hungarian Software Quality Consulting Isntitute Ltd. (2007). Date of treatment August 7, 2007. Archived May 11, 2013.