Project Management Success with CMMI: 7 CMMI Process Areas (Adobe Reader)

Use CMMI to Improve Project Management Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Accountability The Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Maturity Level 2 offers powerful, end-to-end tools for improvement throughout your organization. In Project Management Success with CMMI®, James Persse demonstrates exactly how to apply CMMI Level 2 to virtually any project, program, or process. User friendly, concise, and easy to follow, this book helps you implement all seven CMMI Level 2 process areas; customize CMMI for your unique projects and organization; and achieve powerful, quantifiable results. The author takes a practical approach to the business and operational needs of project management, carefully linking the realities of business and technical projects with CMMI recommendations. Drawing on his unsurpassed CMMI field experience, Persse presents case studies, anecdotes, and examples—all designed to illuminate what works and what doesn't. Persse introduces the substance and intention of all seven CMMI Level 2 process areas. For each area, he shows how to define goals, implement best practices, understand issues of sizing and scope, and avoid pitfalls and misinterpretations. He is also the first to explain how CMMI can integrate with the tools and skills of the Project Management Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge, improving the effectiveness of both. Coverage includes Understanding project management as value management Planning projects and structuring expectations Monitoring and controlling projects Managing requirements, configurations, and supplier agreements Implementing effective measurement and analysis Assuring process and product quality Project Management Success with CMMI® is an invaluable resource for anyone responsible for managing projects, programs, or processes—including those who are new to CMMI and project management. The book's companion Web site (www.prenhallprofessional.com/title/0132333058) contains an extensive library of downloadable CMMI project management resources corresponding to each of the seven CMMI process areas.

Table of Contents:
Preface xv Acknowledgments xix About the Author xxi Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Project Management as Value Management 4 Visible Management through Process 7 Chapter 2: Project Management Success through Process 13 The Capability Maturity Model—A Process Improvement Framework 14 CMMI-DEV for Process Improvement 17 CMMI-DEV Process Areas 23 Institutionalizing Process Areas with Generic Goals 38 Two Ways to Implement CMMI 41 CMMI and Project Management 49 Chapter 3: Project Planning 57 The Purpose of Project Planning 58 What Is a Plan? 61 Project Planning Goals and Practices 62 SG 1: Establish Estimates 63 SG 2: Develop a Project Plan 71 SG 3: Obtain Commitment to the Plan 85 The Benefits of Controlled Project Planning 92 Some Example Program Components 94 Look to the Web Site for 95 Chapter 4: Project Monitoring & Control 97 The Purpose of Project Monitoring & Control 98 The Heart of the Project 101 Project Monitoring & Control Goals and Practices 102 SG 1: Monitor Project Against Plan 103 SG 2: Manage Corrective Action to Closure 116 The Benefits of Project Monitoring & Control 121 Some Example Program Components 124 Look to the Web Site for 125 Chapter 5: Requirements Management 127 The Purpose of Requirements Management 128 Requirements Management Goals and Practices 134 SG 1: Manage Requirements 135 Some Other Ways to Achieve the Practices 152 The Benefits of Sound Requirements Management 153 Some Example Program Components 155 Look to the Web Site for 158 Chapter 6 : Configuration Management 159 The Purpose of Configuration Management 160 Configuration Management Goals and Practices 166 SG 1: Establish Baselines 167 SG 2: Track and Control Changes 177 SG 3: Establish Integrity 182 The Benefits of Sound Configuration Management 186 Some Example Program Components 188 Look to the Web Site for 192 Chapter 7: Supplier Agreement Management 193 The Purpose of Supplier Agreement Management 194 Supplier Agreement Management Goals and Practices 198 SG 1: Establish Supplier Agreements 199 SG 2: Satisfy Supplier Agreements 207 The Benefits of Supplier Agreement Management 217 Some Example Program Components 219 Look to the Web Site for 221 Chapter 8: Measurement & Analysis 223 The Purpose of Measurement & Analysis 224 Measurement & Analysis Goals and Practices 228 SG 1: Align Measurement & Analysis Activities 229 SG 2: Provide Measurement Results 237 The Benefits of Measurement & Analysis 239 Some Example Program Components 242 Look to the Web Site for 245 Chapter 9: Process & Product Quality Assurance 247 The Purpose of Process & Product Quality Assurance 248 Process & Product Quality Assurance Goals and Practices 253 SG 1: Objectively Evaluate Processes and Work Products 254 SG 2: Provide Objective Insight 261 Some Other Ways to Achieve the Practices 268 The Benefits of Process & Product Quality Assurance 270 Some Example Program Components 273 Look to the Web Site for 275 Chapter 10: Supporting Success with the Generic Goals 277 The Purpose of CMMI’s Generic Goals 278 Maturity Level 2 Generic Goals and Practices 281 GG 1: Achieve Specific Goals 283 The Benefits of the Generic Goals 290 Chapter 11: An Integrated Approach to Project Management Success 293 Project Management Disciplines 294 CMMI without PMP (or CPM or MPM) 295 CMMI Maturity Level 2 and the PMBOK 297 Conclusion 303 Index 307

About the Author :
James Persse has 18 years of experience providing process improvement design and consulting services to both large and small technology organizations. His specialties include CMMI, ISO 9001:2000, Six Sigma, and ITIL. He holds a doctoral degree in Information Technology Management with an emphasis in process improvement. He has worked with a diverse client base that includes T-Mobile USA, Athena Technologies, the U.S. Department of Defense, Celerity Technical Services, Pitney Bowes International, MCI, BellSouth Science and Technologies, and Palmetto GBA. James is the author of Process Improvement Essentials: CMMI, ISO 9001, Six Sigma (O'Reilly Media, 2006); Implementing the Capability Maturity Model (John Wiley and Sons, 2001); and Bit x Bit: Topics in Technology Management (Little Hill, 2000). He can be reached at jpersse@AltairSol.com or jrp@persse.com.