Cmmi

Future of CMM and Quality Improvement
Roy Ko Hong Kong Productivity Council

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Agenda
• • • • • Future Development of CMMI CMMI and Small Organizations CMMI and Agile Development Good EnoughQuality CMMI and Other Improvement Standards/Schemes • Conclusions

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Future Development of CMMI

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Sunsetting of Software CMM
• No maintenance & update • No more training on SW-CMM •SEI-authorized appraisals using the Software CMM will continue be accepted • Move to CMMI & SCAMPI assessment before December 2005

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Objectives and Change Process
• V1.1 of CMMI has been releasedsince December 2001 (CMMI-SE/SW/IPPD/SS version 1.1) • Purpose of Change
– Clarity & Simplicity

• Change Request Process
– CMMI Steering group – Configuration Control Board – Change Request (CR)Form
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Clarity & Simplicity
• CMMI-SE/SW/IPPD/SS v1.1 • Body of Knowledge
– System Engineering - SE – Software Engineering - SW

• Additional Practices
– Integrated Process and ProductDevelopment - IPPD – Supplier Sourcing - SS

• CMMI – SE/SW + IPPD + SS
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Clarity & Simplicity
• No more Grouping by Common Features • Supplier Agreement management (SAM) & Integrated SupplierManagement (ISM) • Representation and Documentation • Introduction Course - Combined

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Additional Considerations
• Address to:
– Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) – Services (CMMI-Services) –Hardware

• Development Environment – OEI

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Additional Publications
• Guidance on higher level practices • Availability of SCAMPI B & SCAMPI C appraisal methods • Some updates on SCAMPI A

9Schedule
• Release for Pilot – September 2005 • Release date – mid 2006

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CMMI and Small Organizations

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Small Organizations Concerns
• Return on Investment on Process Improvement- they must be QUICK • Customer Driven Requirements and Practices • Limited Staff dedicated to Implementation
– the priority is customer – Implementation usually delayed

• Small project with...