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1 Establish
Quantitative Objectives for the Process and GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess
Performance.
Quantitative Project Management includes quantitatively defining project
objectives; using stable and consistent historical data to construct the project??™s
defined process; selecting subprocesses of the project??™s defined process that will
be statistically managed; monitoring the project against the quantitative measures
and objectives; using analytical techniques to derive and understand variation; and
monitoring performance and recording measurement data in the organization??™s
measurement repository.
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Understanding Maturity Level 4: Quantitatively Managed n 119
Summary
The previous version of the CMM for Software said of Level 4, keep it simple. Organizations
involved in piloting CMMI have admitted that the bar has been raised
significantly. Do we believe that measurement is necessary? Absolutely! However,
Level 4 is where senior management commitment and participation really come to
the fore. Business decisions are supposed to be made based on the numbers.


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