Introduction to CMMI-DEV® Version 1.3
The Fraunhofer Center Maryland (Fraunhofer CESE) in collaboration with Abridge Technology,
invites you to attend the Software Engineering Institute’s (SEI℠) “Introduction
to CMMI® Version 1.3”.
Objective
This comprehensive 3-day course will provide you with detailed insights into, and
a thorough understanding of the Capability Maturity Model® Integration (CMMI®) Version
1.3. Insights into methods for successful organizational process improvement are
also provided.
This course is an SEI requirement for anyone intending to participate as a SCAMPI℠
appraisal team member and is a pre-requisite for a variety of other SEI classes,
such as the Intermediate CMMI® and the SCAMPI Lead Appraiser℠ training.
The Services Supplement for CMMI® Version
1.3 is a separate, one day course offered immediately following this introductory
course.
Organizer
Dr. Richard Bechtold, president of
Abridge Technology, is a process improvement consultant and has been performing
SEI-based assessments and appraisals since 1992. Dr. Bechtold is also an adjunct
professor at George Mason University, Virginia, and teaches graduate-level management
and engineering courses. Abridge Technology is an SEI Partner.
Hosting organization
The Fraunhofer Center for Experimental Software Engineering
(CESE) is a not-for-profit affiliate of the University of Maryland in College Park.
Fraunhofer CESE helps organizations improve their software business through process
improvement initiatives, working closely with our renowned partners to apply empirical
thinking to real-world software contexts.
Registration and pricing
The course fee is US $1,395 and includes training, textbook, lecture notebook, continental
breakfast and lunch. For further information please send an e-mail to:
training@fc-md.umd.edu or call 240-487-2905.
2013 course offering dates
Agenda
Day 1
- Welcome / logistics / administrative
- Student Introductions and Expectations
- Process Improvement Concepts and the CMMI®
- Topic: Model-based process improvement
- Topic: Motivation for the CMMI®
- Topic: CMMI® Product Suite
- Topic: CMMI® Business Benefits
- Exercise 1: Important Process Improvement Ideas
and CMMI®
- Overview of CMMI® Model Components
- Topic: CMMI® Structure
- Topic: CMMI® Goals and Practices
- Topic: Model Organization and Layout
- Topic: Terms and Definitions
- Model Representations and Institutionalization
- Topic: Contents of the Model Document
- Topic: Process Area Components
- Topic: Supporting Informative Components
- Topic: Required and Expected Model Components
- Topic: Model Typographical Conventions and Glossary
- Exercise 2: Introduction to Defining Processes
- Product Development -- Part 1
- Process Area -- Requirements Development
- Homework: Reading from the book or model
Day 2
- Review: Homework
- Process Area -- Requirements Management
- Managing the Project
- Process Area -- Project Planning
- Process Area -- Project Monitoring and Control
- Process Area -- Risk Management
- Process Area -- Supplier Agreement Management
- Project and Organization Support
- Process Area -- Configuration Management
- Process Area -- Process and Product Quality Assurance
- Process Area -- Measurement and Analysis
- Exercise 3: Process Definition and Gap Analysis
- Process Area -- Decision Analysis and Resolution
- Process Area -- Causal Analysis and Resolution
- Product Development -- Part 2 (of 2)
- Process Area -- Technical Solution
- Process Area -- Product Integration
- Process Area -- Verification
- Process Area -- Validation
- Exercise 4: Impact of an Engineering Change
- Improvement Infrastructure
- Process Area -- Organizational Process Focus
- Process Area -- Organizational Process Definition (SG 1)
- Exercise 5: Process Asset Library
- Process Area -- Integrated Project Management (SGs 1 & 2)
- Homework: Exercise 6, Study Scenario Evaluations;
Supplemental Readings
Day 3
- Improvement Infrastructure
- Review: Homework
- Process Area -- Organization Innovation and Deployment
- Process Area -- Organizational Training
- Exercise 6: Scenario Evaluation
- Managing Quantitatively
- Fundamentals of Effective Quantitative and Statistical Techniques [Supplemental
non-SEI material]
- Process Area -- Organizational Process Performance
- Process Area -- Quantitative Project Management
- Process Area -- Causal Analysis and Resolution (Revisited)
- Process Area -- Organizational Innovation and Deployment (Revisited)
- Exercise 7: Measurement Implications of Your
PI Goals
- Supporting a Complex Environment
- Process Area -- Organizational Process Definition (SG 2)
- Process Area -- Integrated Project Management (SG 3)
- Topic: Integrated Product and Process Development
- Tying It All Together
- Topic: Review of CMMI® Model Representations
- Topic: Relationships Among Process Areas
- Topic: Relationship Between Process Areas and Generic Components
- Topic: Equivalent Staging
- Exercise 8: Statements Self-Test
- Next Steps
- Topic: Constructing Effective Process Improvements
- Topic: Implementing Effective Process Improvements
- Topic: Organizational Readiness
- Topic: Web-Based and Other Additional Resources
- Course Summary
- Topic: Key Concepts
- Review: Course Expectations
- Course Evaluations