CMMI Methodology
CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration) is a process improvement approach that shall provide organizations with the essential performance elements of effective software project processes. CMMI models are collections of best practices that you can compare to your organization’s best practices and guide improvement to your processes. CMMI can be used to guide process improvement across a project, a division, or an entire organization. It helps integrate traditionally separate organizational business objectives, set process improvement goals and priorities, provide guidance for best practice processes, and provide a point of reference for appraising current processes that products or services meets the customer’s expectations.
You can use CMMI in three different areas of interest:
• Product and service development (CMMI for Development model)
• Service establishment, management, and delivery (CMMI for Services model)
• Product and service acquisition (CMMI for Acquisition model)
A formal comparison of a CMMI model to your organization’s processes is called an appraisal. The Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI) incorporates the best ideas of several process improvement appraisal methods.