Capability Maturity Model IntegrationSM (CMMI) has
rapidly become a preferred means of improving
organizational processes in industry and government.
Building on a decade of work with process improvement
models, including the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) for
Software and the Systems Engineering Capability Model, a
team of over two hundred engineering and process
improvement experts worked for three years to create this
broader, more agile instrument for guiding, integrating,
and appraising improvement activities.
CMMI provides a single, integrated framework for
improving processes throughout an organization, enhancing
the quality and efficiency of the organization as a
whole.
The CMMI Product Suite is rich in detail and guidance,
but correspondingly large and somewhat complex. The sheer
volume of information it presents can seem overwhelming.
CMMI Distilled reduced that complexity with a fresh and
approachable introduction to the key elements of CMMI and
integrated process improvement.
This new edition of CMMI Distilled, updated for CMMI
version 1.1, includes more material in layman's language to
meet a wider variety of reader's needs, but has not lost
any of the technical content that made the first edition so
successful. Written for those new to model-based process
improvement, it also offers insights that can help even
battle-scarred process improvement veterans and experienced
systems, software and quality engineers perform better.
CMMI Distilled, Second Edition is especially appropriate
for executives and managers who need to understand why
process improvement is valuable, why CMMI is a tool of
choice, and how to maximize the return on their efforts and
investments.
The three authors have been involved with CMMI since its
inception, and they bring a wealth of their own experience
and knowledge to this book. They highlight the pitfalls and
short cuts that are all too often learned by costly
experience. Above all, they provide a context for
understanding why CMMI is the fastest growing process
improvement framework in the world.
Contents
- Integrated process improvement
- Why Integrated Process Improvement?
- Implementing Integrated Process Improvement
- The CMMI models
- The CMMI Concept
- CMMI Content
- CMMI Representations
- CMMI Dimensions for Measuring Improvement
- CMMI Process Areas
- Using CMMI
- Selecting the Appropriate Disciplines
- Picking a Representation
- Appraisals with CMMI
- The future of CMMI
- The Maven
- Appendices
- Index