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CMMI® Appraisal Recorder

Use of capability maturity models has become commonplace among software development

organizations. The first step in any process improvement endeavor is to determine the

baseline state. Knowing where you stand in your process improvement effort is a key factor

to your successful program. Possible appraisal methods are:

1. SCAMPIsm Type A Formal Appraisals (Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process

Improvement). This CMMI®-based appraisal is a formal method authorized by the

Software Engineering Institute (SEI). This method may be used early in the process

improvement initiative and as a way of monitoring your improvement progress.

2. SCAMPIsm Type B and C Appraisals. These CMMI-based appraisals are a more

informal method than the formal type A SCAMPIsm and is also authorized by the SEI.

The SCAMPIsm B is less formal than the SCAMPIsm A and the SCAMPIsm C is less formal

than the SCAMPIsm B. No maturity ratings are given.

3. Mini-appraisal. This is also a CMMI-based appraisal, but at a more affordable price

and has no SEI reporting requirements. This method is mostly used as a first time

appraisal to start the process improvement initiative and then when progress is made

over a period of time, a formal appraisal (SCAMPIsm A) is used to formally declare a

maturity rating.

The CMMI® Appraisal Recorder supports both SCAMPIsm and internal appraisal teams in

recording their CMMI® (version 1.2) appraisal findings and (configurable) scores for all

process areas considered. Results are summarized in tables and radar/bar charts.

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Features Summary

The CMMI® Appraisal Recorder supports both SCAMPIsm and internal appraisal teams in

recording their CMMI® (version 1.2) appraisal findings and scores for all practices and

process areas considered.

Practices:

- Calculation rules for practice ratings are configurable;

- Default values correspond to industry best practice;

- Final practice rating is calculated as average from 1-6 individual ratings;

- Practice can be marked as ‘non-applicable’ and will be left out of process area score.

Findings and artifacts:

- For each goal and/or practice, findings can be recorded;

- For each goal and/or practice, a reference to artifacts can be recorded.

Process areas:

- Scores are calculated for each goal;

- Calculation rules for process area scores are configurable;

- Default values correspond to industry best practice.

Overviews:

- Process area scores are summarized for each maturity level:

o Table, radar chart, and bar chart;

- Process area scores can be stored in an archive;

Archive:

- Calculated scores can be archived.

- Archived scores can be displayed and compared:

o Table, radar chart.

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Screen samples:

Both practice ratings (values) and process area scores (thresholds) are configurable.

Practices will be discarded when considered non-applicable.

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Further Information

In case of any questions, please feel free contacting us (sales@se-cure.ch). We also offer customized solutions, which address your specific needs. In that case, we need to learn more about your wishes. We can very easily configure an appraisal recorder that will support you in measuring your capability.

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