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Margaret K. Kulpa, Kent A. Johnson

"Interpreting the CMMI: A Process Improvement Approach, Second Edition"

Advanced practices could build on base practices. Now,
in version 1.2, there are only the specific practices. They match the practices in the
staged representation.
The degree to which the practices are performed may vary from individual
effort to individual effort. A capability level is not a maturity level. Capability Level
1 simply means that the specific practices are performed in some way in your organization.
So, these practices are very simple building blocks in the stratification of
attaining capability levels.
Goals and Practices
Specific goals and practices relate to specific process areas and relate to tasks that
make sense for that process area only. For example, Project Planning requires a project
plan. Quantitative Project Management requires a process performance baseline.
Generic goals and practices relate to multiple process areas. So, Requirements Management,
if desiring a Capability Level 2, would have to establish an organizational
policy, plan the process, and train people. To attain Capability Level 3, Requirements
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Management must do the aforementioned actions, as well as define the process and
collect improvement information relating to the process.


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