The Appraisal Team is not onsite to help you
correct your PIIDs. They are there to determine if the information documented
in your PIIDs maps to CMMI practices that are actually implemented in your
organization. If the PIIDs are wrong, the Appraisal Team may assume that your
implementation of the CMMI is also wrong. You fail.
One important concept to understand is that, while the PIIDs are mandatory
in verification-based appraisals, their format is not. The information that must be
contained in each PIID is organizational- and project-level documentation, categorized
as either a direct or indirect artifact, that maps to each CMMI practice. The
documents must show how the practice was implemented and at what level of the
organization. Why must the information be arranged according to direct and indirect
artifacts? Because you must have both types of artifacts to satisfy the goals for
each process area in the CMMI, and without correct direct and indirect artifacts,
you will fail the SCAMPI. Having direct and indirect artifacts for each practice,
plus interviews (affi rmations) that each artifact has been implemented in the organization
and is used as documented, just about ensures passing the SCAMPI.
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