Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI)
PSARN Internatonal Pty Ltd is a Software Engineering Institute Partner organisation for CMMI.
Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) in engineering and organisational development is a process improvement approach that provides organisations with the essential elements for effective process improvement. It can be used to guide process improvement across a project, a division, or an entire organization. CMMI helps integrate traditionally separate organisational functions, set process improvement goals and priorities, provide guidance for quality processes, and provide a point of reference for appraising current processes. Organisations that base their process improvement activities on CMMI models can and have achieved marked performance improvements.
CMMI appraisals help you in prioritising the areas of improvement and facilitate the development of strategy for consolidating the process improvements on a sustainable basis. The benefits that might be observed can be as follows:
- Reduction of rework
- Improvement in customer satisfaction
- Projects on time and within budget
- Employees see benefits
- Reduction in cost
PSARN can provide SEI Authorized Team Leaders to conduct appraisals. The CMMI SCAMPI Appraisal are undertaken depending upon the organisational need and is carried out in full compliance to SEI Methodology and covers the following aspects:
- Base-lining of Appraisal Objectives with Appraisal Sponsor
- Mapping of Appraisal Objectives with Organizational Objectives
- Determination of Focus Projects
- Determination of Organizational Representation (Sampling) on Project basis and People-basis
- Appraisal Resources and Appraisal Team Strategy
- Planning of Appraisal Schedule
- Appraisal Constraints Determination