CMMI V2.0 - Focus and Key Changes/Additions at PA level

In CMMI V2.0, at the practice area (PA) level, there are some important points that are related to focus in that PA and key changes/additions as compared to V1.3.

A 30,000 feet overview of the key changes/additions is as given below followed by the  PA-wise details of the focus and key changes/additions.


CAUSAL ANALYSIS AND RESOLUTION (CAR)
  • Recast from CAR in V1.3 with enhanced scope
  • Focus - Ensure bad things never happen again and good things happen again and again
  • Key changes/additions:
    • Identify causes underlying best practices and not just problems
    • Assess quantitatively the benefits versus cost of applying actions identified for addressing a cause in case of a local instance at a broader scale and scope
CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT (CM)
  • Recast from CM in V1.3 with virtually no changes/additions
  • Focus - Manage integrity of work products through change control and audits
  • Key changes/additions:
    • Not much change fundamentally
DECISION ANALYSIS AND RESOLUTION (DAR)
  • Recast from DAR in V1.3 with major changes/additions
  • Focus - Take high impact decisions in an objective manner
  • Key changes/additions:
    • Use approval matrix (comes from PCMM)
ESTIMATING (EST)
  • New practice area in V2.0
    • Recast from the relevant specific practices in PP in V1.3 and promoted one level up from being a practice to a separate practice area in V2.0 with minor changes/additions
  • Focus - Estimate size, effort, schedule, cost for developing, delivering or procuring the product or service
  • Key changes/additions:
    • Use size explicitly to derive effort estimates
    • Use a formal method explicitly for estimation
    • Use historical data explicitly for estimation
GOVERNANCE (GOV)
  • New practice area in V2.0
    • Recast from GP 2.1 and GP2.10 in V1.3 with major changes/additions
  • Focus - Provide mechanism for senior management to sponsor and govern process and improvement activities in the organization
  • Key changes/additions:
    • Emphasis is on senior management commitment not only on paper but on ground too (like providing direction, resources, staffing, oversight)
    • Use of quantitative analysis for objective decision making by senior management
IMPLEMENTATION INFRASTRUCTURE (II)
  • New practice area in V2.0
    • Recast from GP 2.2-2.10 and GP3.1 in V1.3 with minor changes/additions
  • Focus - Emphasizes on consistent usage and continuous improvement in the processes used in the organization
  • Key changes/additions:
    • Requires explicit use of organizational processes for performing work
    • Ensure agreed processes are assessed not only for adherence but also for effectiveness
MANAGING PERFORMANCE AND MEASUREMENT (MPM)
  • New practice area in V2.0
    • Recast from an amalgamation of MA and OPP with infusion of QPM practices in V1.3 with major changes/additions
  • Focus - Achieve business objective by managing performance using data
  • Key changes/additions:
    • Take care of data quality (comes from DMM)
    • Analyze/mine performance data systematically to proactively identify areas requiring performance improvement
MONITOR AND CONTROL (MC)
  • Recast from PMC with infusion of IPM practices in V1.3 with major changes/additions
  • Focus - Increase the probability of meeting objectives by detecting early warning signals and addressing them proactively
  • Key changes/additions:
    • Focus on task completion as a key practice (which makes sense since any project at the end is a series of tasks)
    • Monitor the transition of products/services to operations and support (comes from CMMI for Services)
    • Manage critical dependencies (merges this IPM practice in V1.3 into MC in V2.0)
    • Monitor work environment issues (merges this IPM practice in V1.3 into MC in V2.0)
ORGANIZATIONAL TRAINING (OT)
  • Recast from OT in V1.3 with virtually no changes/additions
  • Focus - Develop the skills and knowledge of personnel for performing their assigned roles effectively and efficiently
  • Key changes/additions:
    • Not much change fundamentally
PEER REVIEWS (PR)
  • New practice area in V2.0
    • Recast from the relevant specific practices in VER in V1.3 and promoted one level up from being a practice to a separate practice area in V2.0 with minor changes/additions
  • Focus - Identify and address issues in work-products through reviews by technical reviews or subject matter experts
  • Key changes/additions:
    • Peer review can be used across the board for any work-product
PLANNING (PLAN)
  • Recast from PP with infusion of IPM and QPM practices in V1.3 with major changes/additions
  • Focus - Develop plan to elaborate upon what is needed to accomplish the work within the standards and constraints of the organization
  • Key changes/additions:
    • Focus on identification and assignment of tasks
    • Plan is seen as the approach for accomplishing work (PMP always contained the process approach in addition to references to various sub-plans)
    • Plan the transition of products/services to operations and support (comes from CMMI for Services)
    • Brings into fold IPM practices in V1.3 related to tailoring, use of organizational process assets and measurement repository, critical dependencies and work environment
    • Brings into fold QPM practices in V1.3 related to process composition
PROCESS ASSET DEVELOPMENT (PAD)
  • Recast from OPD in V1.3 with minor changes/additions
  • Focus - Develop and maintain the organizational process assets that are needed to perform the work
  • Key changes/additions:
    • Talks about not only developing but buying or reusing process assets just like what can be done for technical assets
PROCESS MANAGEMENT (PCM)
  • Recast from OPF and OPM in V1.3 with minor changes/additions
  • Focus - Continuous improvement of processes and process infrastructure for better performance and for accomplishing business objectives
  • Key changes/additions:
    • Take care of process issues also in addition to improvement opportunities
    • Set performance improvement objectives, they should be traceable to business objectives
    • Identify and improve processes that play a significant role in achieving business objectives
    • Develop the support system to fix process problems and to improve processes
PROCESS QUALITY ASSURANCE (PQA)
  • Recast from PPQA in V1.3 with minor changes/additions
  • Focus - Verify adherance to and enable improvement of processes and resulting work products
  • Key changes/additions:
    • Use quality assurance approach and plan based on historical quality data
PRODUCT INTEGRATION (PI)
  • Recast from PI in V1.3 with virtually no change
  • Focus - Integrate and deliver the solution that addresses requirements
  • Key changes/additions:
    • Not much change fundamentally
REQUIREMENTS DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT (RDM)
  • Recast from REQM and RD in V1.3 with minor changes/additions
  • Focus - Elicit requirements from customers, ensure common understanding by stakeholders and align requirements, plans, and work products
  • Key changes/additions:
    • Emphasis on requirements prioritization - mention of prioritized customer requirements and not just customer requirements
    • Explicit need for obtaining commitment from project participants for the implementation of the requirements
RISK AND OPPORTUNITY MANAGEMENT (RSK)
  • Recast from RSKM in V1.3 with enhanced scope
  • Focus - Manage potential risks or opportunities
  • Key changes/additions:
    • Manage opportunities in addition to risks (comes from ISO 9001:2015)
SUPPLIER AGREEMENT MANAGEMENT (SAM)
  • Recast from SAM in V1.3 with minor changes/additions
  • Focus - Ensure that the supplier performs in accordance with the agreement, manage supplier relationship
  • Key changes/additions:
    • Monitor and manage supplier invoices
    • Use data to manage supplier performance (comes from CMMI-ACQ)
TECHNICAL SOLUTION (TS)
  • Recast from TS in V1.3 with virtually no changes/additions
  • Focus - Design and develop solutions, products and services that meet customer requirements
  • Key changes/additions:
    • Not much change fundamentally
VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION (VV)
  • Recast from VER and VAL in V1.3 with virtually no changes/additions
  • Focus - Verify that solutions, products and services meet their requirements and validate that they fulfill their intended use in their target environment
  • Key changes/additions:
    • Not much change fundamentally

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