CMMI Levels
Capability Maturity Model Integration i.e. CMMI is a process model for organizations to follow best practices to improve business performance. It was developed at Carnegie Mellon University and administered by the CMMI Institute, a subsidiary of ISACA. This post provides a list of elements, benefits, and, levels involved in the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) levels.
Notes: The CMMI model is a vast topic, hence this post only provides a high-level idea about it in the form of lists.
Categories
The basic Elements or Categories involved in CMMI are listed below.
Project Management
- Integrated Project Management
- Project Monitoring and Control
- Project Planning
- Quantitative Project Management
- Requirements Management
- Risk Management
- Supplier Agreement Management
Process Management
- Organizational Performance Management
- Organizational Process Definition
- Organizational Process Focus
- Organizational Process Performance
- Organizational Training
Support
- Casual Analysis and Resolution
- Configuration Management
- Decision Analysis and Resolution
- Measurement and Analysis
- Process and Product Quality Assurance
Engineering
- Product Integration
- Requirements Development
- Technical Solution
- Verification
- Validation
Benefits
The primary benefits of CMMI are listed below.
- Process Improvement
- Budget Control
- Delivery Capability
- Increased Productivity
- Defects Reduction
CMMI Levels
Level 1 - Initial
At level 1, the processes are unpredictable with poor control and reactive. The process areas are not defined at this stage.
Level 2 - Managed
At level 2, the process is characterized for projects and is often reactive. The process areas for level 2 are:
- Configuration Management
- Requirements Management
- Measurement and Analysis
- Project Planning
- Project Monitoring, and Control
- Process and Product Quality Assurance
- Supplier Agreement Management
Level 3 - Defined
At level 3, the process is characterized for the organization and is proactive. The process areas for level 3 are:
- Decision Analysis and Resolution
- Integrated Project Management
- Verification and Validation
- Organizational Process Definition
- Organizational Training
- Organizational Process Focus
- Requirements Development
- Product Integration
- Risk Management
- Technical Solution
Level 4 - Quantitatively Managed
At level 4, the process is measured and controlled. The processes are well defined for both projects and the organization itself. The process areas for level 4 are:
- Organizational Process Performance
- Quantitative Project Management
Level 5 - Optimizing
At level 4, the focus is on process improvement. Once the process is mature enough to deliver quality work, there will always be chances to further improve it by regular analysis. One cannot consider a process as 100% perfect, as there will always be possibilities to improve it. The process areas for level 5 are:
- Casual Analysis and Resolution
- Organizational Performance Management
Summary
This post provided the lists of categories, benefits, and levels of Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) model.
