These approaches are discussed in the next
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Chapter 4
CMMi representations
There are two different representations of the CMMI. They are the staged representation
and the continuous representation.
The following discussion contains a lot of ???CMMI-ese.??? There is just no way
around it. When using the CMMI, you must use the terminology associated with
it. However, the words are sometimes confusing. A trick we use is to look at the
words as separate entities and then just turn them around. For example, the next
paragraph contains the words process capability. Well, what is that? Look at the
words. Process capability is how capable is our process of actually providing us with
the results we are looking for. And so on. Good luck.
the Staged representation
The staged representation focuses improvement on the process capability an organization
can expect to attain; however, this expected capability (or ability to function
in a mature manner) is contained within maturity levels, or stages. There are five
maturity levels, with each level providing the foundation for further improvements.
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