DT offers a core set of courses aimed at covering the Application Lifecycle, from requirements gathering, analysis and design to development, testing, process and project management.

CMMI Introduction

Course Overview
This three-day course introduces students to the CMMI model. It describes the models fundamental concepts, followed by discussions of the continuous model structure, the capability dimension, and generic practices of the model. The remainder of the course discussion is structured by the five categories of process areas (PAs), examining each PA and the specific goals and practices that apply to it.

This course is suitable for mainstream project staff and managements associates with Software Development, Maintenance or Management activity.

What will I learn?
The course is based on the current version of the CMMI model, available in two representations that organizations can use to evaluate and improve their ability to develop and maintain systems. This course enables participants to make valid judgments regarding an organizations implementation of the process areas. Two hours of reading homework will be assigned for the first and second evenings of the course.

The course is designed for systems and software engineering managers and practitioners interested in understanding the model, and for assessment team members and process group members who will use the model for assessments or process improvement.

Two hours of reading homework will be assigned for the first and second evening of the course.
 

Course Contents
Students completing this course will be able to:

• Describe the process management and improvement principles that underpin the CMMI model
• Explain the structure of the CMMI maturity models (both staged and continuous representations)
• Interpret the CMMI model as a member of a CMMI-Based appraisal team
• Apply the CMMI principles to meet the needs of systems and software development organizations
• Model-Based Process Improvement
• Overview of CMMI Components
• Institutionalization
• Process Areas of CMMI Maturity Models
• Structure of the Continuous and Staged Representation

Prerequisites
Participants must have knowledge of systems engineering, software engineering, and management, with exposure to quality assurance and configuration management. Completion of this course is a prerequisite for CMMI-Based Appraisal training.
 

Duration
3 days