Introduction to CMMI-DEV

Course Length - 43 Days

Training Description

This Introduction to CMMI-DEV technical training course is offered to professional groups and corporations only through the SEI and its licensed partners. It provides participants with fundamental concepts for staged and continuous representationof the CMMI-DEV model, providing time for exercises, questions, and real-world process improvement examples.

Training Objectives

As a result of attending this training, you will be able to:

• Identify key concepts of CMMI and how to apply them

• Explain the CMMI product suite and CMMI components

• Describe CMMI terms, structure, and important relationships

• Discuss how to align CMMI with business objectives

• Describe the benefits of using CMMI (Return on Investment)

• Discuss CMMI process areas, goals, and practices

• Locate relevant information and apply it

Prerequisites

None

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

Course Topics

• Process Improvement Concepts and CMMI
• Overview of CMMI Model Components
• Model Representations and Institutionalization
• Product Development 1
• Managing the Project
• Project and Organizational Support
• Product Development 2
• Improvement Infrastructure
• Managing Quantitatively
• Supporting Complex Environments
• Tying It All Together
• Next Steps