High Maturity Process Areas in CMMI

The high maturity concept in CMMI-DEV, v1.2 is centered around four Process Areas (a Process Area is set of practices aligned together for achieving a defined purpose): OPP (Organizational Process Performance) QPM (Quantitative Project Management) OID (Organizational Innovation and Deployment) CAR (Causal Analysis and Resolution) OPP is about establishing organization-level process performance baselines and predictive/forecasting models QPM is about planning and managing a project in quantitative terms OID is about planning and implemeting organization-wide improvement initiatives (in quantitative terms) CAR is about systematically identifying and addressing root causes behind the problems encountered in performing a process