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Ex.1: Questions
What to do Answer the following questions: Is there an equivalence between Capability Levels and Maturity Levels? Explain What is the difference between base practices and advanced practices? Why dont they apply to staged representations? What is the difference between Specific Practices and Generic Practices? Why is the customer satisfaction initially decreasing when a company starts the process improvement journey?
Ex.3:
Scenario
Consider a software company that intends to implement CMMI. You have to make a first appraisal and determine the maturity level of the company. The company has 40 employees and 10 active projects. For the larger projects (>5 people) the company uses a simplified version of RUP and for the smaller projects it uses Agile Techniques. Some projects do not follow any structured process. Version control is not consistent, the company uses MS VSS for controlling code versions but requirements change and documentation versioning is not consistently controlled.
What to do
What is the estimated maturity level? What are the PAs that need improvement to move up to the next maturity level?
Expected outcome
Current ML What PAs, why, and in what order
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Ex.4:
Scenario
Consider a software company that you have to appraise and determine the maturity level of the company. The company has 120 employees and 10 active projects. For the larger projects (>5 people) the company uses a simplified version of RUP or an instance of the MSF. For the smaller projects it uses Agile Techniques. All the projects follow some kind of structured process but it is up to the project manager. Training is not consistently provided to all the technical staff. Senior management is not involved in defining and enforcing global policies.
What to do
What is the estimated maturity level of the company? What are the PAs that need improvement? What would be a plan to implement the next maturity level
Expected outcome
Current ML What PAs, why, and in what order The plan to implemeny next ML
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What to do
Develop a detailed project plan to implement a data management system, following the PP SP2.x practices The