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Appendix A: Comparing
CBi-iPi to SCe to SCAMPi
Once upon a time, there were three assessment types:
Software Capability Evaluations (SCEs)
CMM-Based Appraisals for Internal Process Improvement (CBA IPIs)
Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI)
Your organization may have heard of these assessments or even participated in
one or more. The latest type is the SCAMPI. Because the SCAMPI is based on the
techniques of its predecessors, we describe each in turn.
History
Previously, there were three families of SCEs:
Acquisition
Contract Monitoring/Process Monitoring
Internal Evaluations
Compared to only one type of CBA IPI:
Internal Process Improvement (IPI)
An Acquisition SCE was used by an organization to evaluate the capabilities of
vendors vying for contracts; a Contract Monitoring SCE was used to monitor the
performance of vendors or in-house units performing contracts; a Process Monitoring
SCE was used to baseline current performance and then later to measure progress
against that baseline; and an Internal Evaluation was used to baseline practices
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internal to an organization, begin internal process improvement activities, and
measure progress.
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