Mukund Chaudhary and
Abhishek Chopra
CMMI for Development
Implementation Guide
Mukund Chaudhary
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Abhishek Chopra
Faridabad, Haryana, India
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ISBN 978-1-4842-2528-8
e-ISBN 978-1-4842-2529-5
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4842-2529-5
Library of Congress Control Number: 2016961816
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Acknowledgments
I would like to thank my organization, which gave me the chance to understand the concept of CMMI and supported me with my training needs. I’d also like to express my gratitude to everyone who has supported me at all times. I am also thankful to the editors for their inspiring guidance and their friendly advice, especially Nikhil Karkal.
I would also like to thank all the colleagues and friends who have helped me. I sincerely thank everyone, including my parents, my wife, friends, and teammates who encouraged me while writing. Special thanks to my grandfather, the late Kameshwar Chaudhary, who always inspired me to write.
—Mukund Chaudhary
I would like to thank my elder sister, Meenakshi, who guided my career to become a quality professional and introduced me to the concept of CMMI and its importance in software development. My sister and brother-in-law, Raj Stanley, have always been greatly supportive of me, and I will always be thankful to them. I am also thankful to the editors and Apress team for their inspiring guidance and friendly advice, especially Nikhil Karkal.
I would also like to thank my colleagues and friends, Mukund and Anushka, who encouraged me to write and share my experiences. Special thanks to my mother, who is always an inspiration to me.
—Abhishek Chopra
Contents
- Chapter 1: CMMI Overview
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Chapter 2: CMMI Design
- 2.1 CMMI Levels
- 2.2 Process Areas
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2.3 Mapping Process Areas
- 2.3.1 Project Planning
- 2.3.2 Integrated Project Management
- 2.3.3 Project Monitoring and Control
- 2.3.4 Requirements Management
- 2.3.5 Risk Management
- 2.3.6 Supplier Agreement Management
- 2.3.7 Satisfy Supplier Agreements
- 2.3.8 Ensure a Transition of Products
- 2.3.9 Quantitative Project Management (QPM)
- 2.3.10 Engineering Process Areas
- 2.3.11 Organizational Process Areas
- 2.3.12 Support Process Areas
- 2.4 Summary
- Chapter 3: Planning CMMI Implementation
- Chapter 4: Creating, Updating, and Releasing a QMS
- Chapter 5: Implement QMS
- Chapter 6: Plan for CMMI Appraisal
- Chapter 7: Focus on Continual Improvement
- Index
Contents at a Glance
About the Authors
Mukund Chaudhary has been working in the IT industry for almost a decade; most of that experience has been in managing software projects. He is enamored of technology and keeps himself up-to-date through avid reading. In his leisure time, he can be found reading articles on current affairs and technologies alike. He has coauthored three books, and he believes that learning never stops, as long as a person is alive. He lives in Noida/NCR, India, in a joint family with his wife, Nandita, and son, Madhav. He is @mukund002 on Twitter.
Abhishek Chopra is a Quality Manager by profession and an adventurer by nature. He is passionate about quality, and he has worked with various MNCs to implement CMMI.
He loves to talk about process improvements for hours and hours, and he does not care whether this bores the other person! In this book, he has put his key focus on sharing his experiences, with the aim of helping readers in implementing the CMMI in a simple manner. He lives in Delhi/NCR, India with his mother, Anita, and wife, Rhythm. He is @AB_55 on Twitter.