CMMI-ACQ

Brian P. Gallagher is director of ISR Mission Systems Engineering within the ISR Systems Division, Mission Systems Sector, Northrop Grumman. He was previously director of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Acquisition Program.   Mike Phillips is program manager for CMMI at the SEI. In that position he leads the CMMI Product Suite evolution for the SEI. He was a senior acquisition professional in the military before joining the SEI.   Dr. Karen J. Richter is a research analyst and senior project leader at the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA), a research and development “think tank” for the Department of Defense. She has served on the CMMI Configuration Control Board and the CMMI Steering Group.   Sandy Shrum is a senior writer/editor at the SEI. She has been with the SEI since 1995 and has been a member of the CMMI Development Team since the CMMI project’s inception in 1998.

Foreword: A Commercial Perspective xi

Foreword: A Government Perspective xv

Preface xvii

Acknowledgments xxv

 

Part One: About CMMI for Acquisition 1

 

Chapter 1: Introduction 3

About Capability Maturity Models 5

Evolution of CMMI 7

CMMI Framework Architecture 8

CMMI for Acquisition 9

 

Chapter 2: Process Area Components 11

Required, Expected, and Informative Components 11

Components Associated with Part Two 13

Supporting Informative Components 17

Numbering Scheme 19

Typographical Conventions 19

 

Chapter 3: Tying It All Together 23

Understanding Levels 23

Structures of the Continuous and Staged Representations 25

Understanding Capability Levels 27

Understanding Maturity Levels 30

Process Areas 35

Equivalent Staging 38

 

Chapter 4: Relationships among Process Areas 43

Project Processes 44

Organizational Processes 49

Support Processes 50

High Maturity Processes 52

 

Chapter 5: Using CMMI Models 55

Adopting CMMI 55

Your Process Improvement Program 56

Selections That Influence Your Program 56

CMMI Models 57

Using CMMI Appraisals 58

Appraisal Requirements for CMMI 58

SCAMPI Appraisal Methods 59

Appraisal Considerations 59

CMMI-Related Training 61

 

Chapter 6: Using CMMI-ACQ in Government 63

Critical Issues in Government Acquisition 63

Acquisition Strategy: Planning for Success 70

Agreements: They Are Not Just with Suppliers 75

Acquisition Verification: The Challenges 77

Interoperable Acquisition 81

Transition to Operations: Delivering Value 84

CMMI: The Heart of the U.S. Air Force’s Systems Engineering Assessment Model 86

Acquisition Improvement: Identifying and Removing Process Constraints 90

 

Chapter 7: Using CMMI-ACQ in Industry: General Motors Case Study 97

Executive Summary 97

Overview of General Motors 100

Overview of GM Information Systems & Services (IS&S) 101

IS&S Factory Structure 104

System Delivery Factory: An Acquisition Organization 105

Governance of the System Development Factory 107

Aligning the GM System Delivery Process to CMMI-ACQ 108

Realizing Value from the CMMI-ACQ at GM 113

GM to CMMI-ACQ Practice Mapping 129

Managing Process Deployment and Change 129

Integrated Tools Enable High-Performance Acquisition 132

Conducting Appraisals to Drive Change 133

Aligning Supplier Relationships 134

Future Actions 135

Summary 136

 

Part Two: Generic Goals and Generic Practices, and the Process Areas 137

 

Generic Goals and Generic Practices 139

Agreement Management 165

Acquisition Requirements Development 173

Acquisition Technical Management 187

Acquisition Validation 199

Acquisition Verification 207

Causal Analysis and Resolution 217

Configuration Management 227

Decision Analysis and Resolution 239

Integrated Project Management 249

Measurement and Analysis 267

Organizational Innovation and Deployment 285

Organizational Process Definition 301

Organizational Process Focus 315

Organizational Process Performance 329

Organizational Training 341

Project Monitoring and Control 353

Project Planning 367

Process and Product Quality Assurance 397

Quantitative Project Management 405

Requirements Management 425

Risk Management 433

Solicitation and Supplier Agreement Development 451

 

Part Three: The Appendices and Glossary 469

Appendix A: References 471

Appendix B: Acronyms 475

Appendix C: Project Participants 479

Appendix D: Glossary 485

 

Book Contributors 511

 

Index 519