CMMI Process Areas

CMMI   :Capability maturity Model
PCMMI :People Capability maturity Model-

CMMI Process Areas

Level 1(Initial)

Level 2(Managed)

1. Requirements Management (Engg)

Manage the requirements of the project's products and product components

Identify inconsistencies between those requirements and the project's plans and work products.

2. Supplier Agreement Management (Prj mgnt)

To manage the acquisition of products from suppliers.

3. Project Monitoring and Control (Prj mgnt)

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.

4. Project Planning (Prj mgnt)

Establish and maintain plans that define project activities

5. Configuration Management (Support)

To establish and maintain the integrity of work products using configuration identification configuration control configuration status accounting and configuration audits.

6. Process & Product QA (Support)

To provide staff and management with objective insight into processes and associated work products.

7. Measurement & Analysis (Support)

To develop and sustain a measurement capability that is used to support management information needs.

Level 3(Defined)

8. Validation (Engg)

To demonstrate that a product or product component fulfills its intended use when placed in its intended environment.

9. Verification (Engg)

To ensure that selected work products meet their specified requirements.

10. Product Integration (Engg)

To assemble the product from the product components ensure that the product as integrated functions properly and deliver the product.

11. Technical Solution (Engg)

To design develop and implement solutions to requirements. Solutions designs and implementations encompass products product components and product-related lifecycle processes either singly or in combinations as appropriate

12. Requirements Development (Engg)

To produce and analyze customer product and product-component requirements

13. Risk Management (Prj mgnt)

To identify potential problems before they occur so that risk-handling activities may be planned and invoked as needed across the life of the product or project to mitigate adverse impacts on achieving objectives.

14. Integrated Project Management + IPPD (Prj mgnt)

To establish and manage the project and the involvement of the relevant stakeholders according to an integrated and defined process that is tailored from the organization's set of standard processes

15. Organizational Training (ProcessM)

To develop the skills and knowledge of people so they can perform their roles effectively and efficiently.

16. Organizational Process Definition+ IPPD (ProcessM)

To establish and maintain a usable set of organizational process assets

17. Organizational Process Focus (ProcessM)

To plan and implement organizational process improvement based on a thorough understanding of the current strengths and weaknesses of the organization’s processes and process assets

18. Decision Analysis & Resolution (Support)

To analyze possible decisions using a formal evaluation process that evaluates identified alternatives against established criteria.

Level 4(Quantitatively Managed)

19. Quantitative Project Management (Prj mgnt)

To quantitatively manage the project’s defined process to achieve the project’s established quality and process-performance objectives

20. Organizational Process Performance (ProcessM)

To establish and maintain a quantitative understanding of the performance of the organization’s set of standard processes in support of quality and process-performance objectives.

Level 5(Innovative)

21. Organizational Innovation & Deployment (ProcessM)

To select and deploy incremental and innovative improvements that measurably improve the organization's processes and technologies.

22. Causal Analysis & Resolution (Support)

To identify causes of defects and other problems and take action to prevent them from occurring in the future.

Level 2(Managed)

23. Requirements Management (Engg)

Manage the requirements of the project's products and product components

Identify inconsistencies between those requirements and the project's plans and work products.

24. Supplier Agreement Management (Prj mgnt)

To manage the acquisition of products from suppliers.

25. Project Monitoring and Control (Prj mgnt)

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.

26. Project Planning (Prj mgnt)

Establish and maintain plans that define project activities

27. Configuration Management (Support)

To establish and maintain the integrity of work products using configuration identification configuration control configuration status accounting and configuration audits.

28. Process & Product QA (Support)

To provide staff and management with objective insight into processes and associated work products.

29. Measurement & Analysis (Support)

To develop and sustain a measurement capability that is used to support management information needs.