There are 22 Process Areas in CMMI-DEV v1.2. These 22 Process Areas represent key characteristics which an organization must gradually acquire and continually improve to reach higher and higher levels of process maturity.
The entire CMMI framework is essentially a collection of good practices. And each Process Area (PA) is essentially a collection of “How tos” for directing that PA’s implementation. The explanation of these PAs is usually done in a style which is not too easy for a layman to understand.
In a layman’s language, each of these PAs can be expressed in terms of simple “How tos” as given below:
MATURITY LEVEL 2 PROCESS AREAS
PP (Project Planning)
How to define the approach and establish a plan for executing the project?
PMC (Project Monitoring & Control)
How to make sure the project is executed as per the defined approach?
SAM (Supplier Agreement Management)
How to make sure suppliers meet their commitments in order for you to meet yours?
REQM (Requirements Management)
How to handle changes in customer requirements?
PPQA (Process and Product Quality Assurance)
How to maintain compliance to the defined approach?
MA (Measurement and Analysis)
How to establish and use a data-based system?
CM (Configuration Management)
How to make sure work-products are managed and controlled?
MATURITY LEVEL 3 PROCESS AREAS
OPF (Organizational Process Focus)
How to determine which areas to improve and how to go about improving those?
OPD (Organizational Process Definition)
How to define common processes and templates?
OT (Organizational Training)
How to make sure everyone follows the common processes and templates?
IPM (Integrated Project Management)
How to coordinate the efforts of the project team and the various stakeholders?
RKSM (Risk Management)
How to identify, analyze and manage risks?
DAR (Decision Analysis and Resolution)
How to make structured decisions?
RD (Requirements Development)
How to develop product and product component requirements based on analysis of customer requirements?
TS (Technical Solution)
How to design and develop the product components?
PI (Product Integration)
How to integrate product components to build the final product, package and release to the customer?
VER (Verification)
How to make sure work-products are in accordance with their specifications?
VAL (Validation)
How to make sure the final product will work in its operational environment?
MATURITY LEVEL 4 PROCESS AREAS
OPP (Organizational Process Performance)
How to quantitatively characterize and understand the organization’s process performance?
QPM (Quantitative Project Management)
How to manage work quantitatively – both in reactive as well as predictive mode?
MATURITY LEVEL 5 PROCESS AREAS
OID (Organizational Innovation and Deployment)
How to inject breakthrough changes into the organization through process and technology innovations?
CAR (Causal Analysis and Resolution)
How to improve processes based on a fundamental understanding of the underlying cause and effect relationships amongst the various processes?
The entire CMMI framework is essentially a collection of good practices. And each Process Area (PA) is essentially a collection of “How tos” for directing that PA’s implementation. The explanation of these PAs is usually done in a style which is not too easy for a layman to understand.
In a layman’s language, each of these PAs can be expressed in terms of simple “How tos” as given below:
MATURITY LEVEL 2 PROCESS AREAS
PP (Project Planning)
How to define the approach and establish a plan for executing the project?
PMC (Project Monitoring & Control)
How to make sure the project is executed as per the defined approach?
SAM (Supplier Agreement Management)
How to make sure suppliers meet their commitments in order for you to meet yours?
REQM (Requirements Management)
How to handle changes in customer requirements?
PPQA (Process and Product Quality Assurance)
How to maintain compliance to the defined approach?
MA (Measurement and Analysis)
How to establish and use a data-based system?
CM (Configuration Management)
How to make sure work-products are managed and controlled?
MATURITY LEVEL 3 PROCESS AREAS
OPF (Organizational Process Focus)
How to determine which areas to improve and how to go about improving those?
OPD (Organizational Process Definition)
How to define common processes and templates?
OT (Organizational Training)
How to make sure everyone follows the common processes and templates?
IPM (Integrated Project Management)
How to coordinate the efforts of the project team and the various stakeholders?
RKSM (Risk Management)
How to identify, analyze and manage risks?
DAR (Decision Analysis and Resolution)
How to make structured decisions?
RD (Requirements Development)
How to develop product and product component requirements based on analysis of customer requirements?
TS (Technical Solution)
How to design and develop the product components?
PI (Product Integration)
How to integrate product components to build the final product, package and release to the customer?
VER (Verification)
How to make sure work-products are in accordance with their specifications?
VAL (Validation)
How to make sure the final product will work in its operational environment?
MATURITY LEVEL 4 PROCESS AREAS
OPP (Organizational Process Performance)
How to quantitatively characterize and understand the organization’s process performance?
QPM (Quantitative Project Management)
How to manage work quantitatively – both in reactive as well as predictive mode?
MATURITY LEVEL 5 PROCESS AREAS
OID (Organizational Innovation and Deployment)
How to inject breakthrough changes into the organization through process and technology innovations?
CAR (Causal Analysis and Resolution)
How to improve processes based on a fundamental understanding of the underlying cause and effect relationships amongst the various processes?
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