3 Days

Overview

This Introduction to CMMI® three-day course introduces participants to the CMM-Integration model and its fundamental concepts. CMMI models are tools that help organizations improve their ability to develop and maintain quality products and services.   The course is composed of lectures and class exercises with ample opportunity for participant questions and discussions.

What You Will Learn

The course will help participants:

• Understand the importance of having defined processes within an engineering organization and the rationale for process improvement.

• Comprehend the architecture of the CMMI models (maturity levels, process areas, goals, and generic practices).

• Gain a sufficient understanding of process areas components to function on a CMMI-Based Appraisal team.

• Be able to apply the CMMI principles to meet the needs of systems engineering and software engineering organizations.  

Course Outline

Day 1  

• Process Improvement Concepts and CMMI

• CMMI Model Components Overview

• Model Representations and Institutionalization

• Product Development 1 Process Areas

• Managing the Project Process Areas

• Homework: Reading 

Day 2

• Review of homework reading

• Managing the Project Process Areas

• Project and Organizational Support Process Areas

• Product Development 2 Process Areas

• Improvement Infrastructure Process Areas

• Homework reading

Day 3

• Review of homework reading

• Managing Quantitatively Process Areas

• Participating in Appraisals

• Supporting Complex Environments Process Areas

• Tying It All Together

• Next Steps and Course Summary

Who Should Attend

• Anyone interested in learning about CMMI
• Anyone anticipating participation on a CMMI based appraisal team
• Engineering Process Group (EPG) members
• Software Quality Engineers
• Software Developers, Systems Engineers
• Managers and Software Team Leads

This course fulfills a prerequisite requirement for any course requiring an official SEI Introductory CMMI course.

This course is a great way to earn PMI training credits or Continuing Education Units for other organization certifications such as INCOSE, etc. 

Course Materials

• A copy of  the CMMI®: Guidelines for Process Integration and Product Improvement, Second Edition – Addison Wesley Book

• Binder with the course materials

• Certificate of completion

• SEI Registration

• CEUs

Course Instructor - Gail Borotto

Gail Borotto has been a CMM and CMMI instructor for over 15 years.  While providing the standard SEI CMMI required training, Gail includes practical experience in applying the CMMI-DEV and specific consequences of not using models to help guide system development efforts.  A process assessor, quality auditor and support in developing and analyzing PIIDs for appraisal preparation, Gail has consulted and supported business and system process improvement efforts for over 20 years.  Gail has also taught at Rider University as an adjunct professor and presented in the SEPG 2007 and 2009.