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Capability maturity model integration

A more rigorous version of CMM which is a quality management system used to guide process improvement across a project, division, or an entire organization. Under the CMMI methodology, processes are rated according to their maturity levels, which are defined as: Initial, Repeatable, Defined, Quantitatively Managed, Optimizing.

Contributors in Capability maturity model integration

Capability maturity model integration

memorandum of understanding

Quality management; Capability maturity model integration

Binding documents of understanding or agreements between two or more parties.

work product and task attributes

Quality management; Capability maturity model integration

Characteristics of products, services, and project tasks used to help in estimating project work. These characteristics include items such as size, complexity, weight, form, fit, and function. They ...

required CMMI components

Quality management; Capability maturity model integration

CMMI components that are essential to achieving process improvement in a given process area. These components are used in appraisals to determine process capability. Specific goals and generic goals ...

expected CMMI components

Quality management; Capability maturity model integration

CMMI components that explain what may be done to satisfy a required CMMI component. Model users can implement the expected components explicitly or implement equivalent alternative practices to these ...

informative CMMI components

Quality management; Capability maturity model integration

CMMI components that help model users understand the required and expected components of a model. These components can contain examples, detailed explanations, or other helpful information. ...

validation

Quality management; Capability maturity model integration

Confirmation that the product, as provided (or as it will be provided), will fulfill its intended use. In other words, validation ensures that “you built the right thing.”

verification

Quality management; Capability maturity model integration

Confirmation that work products properly reflect the requirements specified for them. In other words, verification ensures that “you built it right.”

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