This primer identifies practices that are most effective and efficient for projects acquiring products and services. Focusing on project-level improvement, the primer selects a subset of practices from the CMMI for Acquisition (CMMI-ACQ) model. These practices include monitoring and controlling suppliers and contractors as well as ensuring repeatedly effective execution of product and service development and service delivery. After using this primer, readers will be able to expand their use ...
This guidebook is designed to help acquisition organizations benefit from their suppliers' use of CMMI for Development, which is a collection of best practices that addresses product development and maintenance activities throughout the product lifecycle. This guidebook also helps acquisition organizations avoid problems that can result from unrealistic expectations. High capability and maturity level ratings alone do not guarantee program success. This guidebook helps clarify what those ratings can and ...
CONTENTS: 1) CMMI V1.2: What Has Changed and Why by Mike Phillips: This article provides a view of what has been included - and not included - in Capability Maturity Model Integration Version 1.2 (CMMI V1.2), describing the major elements of change for each CMMI product. 2) Measure Twice and Cut Once by Rushby Craig: This article describes how the 309th Software Maintenance Group used Standard Capability Maturity Model Integration ...
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