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Executive Summary
Enterprise Software Solutions invites organizations working on process improvement initiatives to participate in its official SEISM authorized 3-day Introduction to Capability Maturity Model® Integration (CMMI®) Version 1.1 Staged and Continuous Representations course. This course benefits not only the practitioners already involved in process improvement activities, but also those who are planning on initiating process improvement in their organizations. This training is a mandatory requirement for participating as a SCAMPISM Appraisal Team Member (Standard CMMI® Appraisal Method for Process Improvement team member). This training is also a pre-requisite for any member to pursue the Lead Appraiser or the Instructor track.

Intended Audience
The course is designed for systems and software engineering managers and practitioners interested in understanding the model, appraisal team members interested in performing appraisals and process group members who use the model for appraisals or process improvement.

Course Overview
The Introduction to the Capability Maturity Model Integration, Combined course introduces participants to the CMMI® Model and its fundamental concepts. The course emphasizes understanding of the process improvement concepts, CMMI® Model, the six capability levels and five maturity levels, characteristics of each Capability and Maturity level, structure of the model and coverage of all practices (specific and generic practices) in the model.

This 3-day course, developed by the Software Engineering Institute,

  Provides information about the history of CMMI®

  Describes the fundamentals of model-based process improvement

  Describes the benefits of process improvement and

  Interprets CMMI® in the context of implementation

CMMI® is a model for organizational improvement and helps prepare participants to lead and assist an organization in its process improvement. The course is designed to understand issues that should be addressed in performing process improvement as structured by the CMMI® model.

Lectures and class exercises provide ample opportunity for participant interaction, questions and discussions designed for insightful understanding into the model for applicability in their organizations.
Key Benefits
Some of the key benefits derived by the participants are

  Overview of the CMMI® Product Suite

  Awareness of the components of the CMMI® model and its application.

  The ability to locate and apply relevant information in the model to your organization

  Key concepts about model structure, and important model relationships

  Behavioral characteristics associated with each maturity level and capability level

Pre-Requisites
The course is designed for systems and software engineering managers and practitioners interested in understanding the model, appraisal team members interested in performing appraisals and process group members who use the model for appraisals or process improvement.

  Participants are expected to possess a minimum knowledge of systems engineering, software
    engineering and management, with exposure to quality assurance, configuration management, and      basic management principles.

  No process improvement experience or model knowledge is assumed. It is not required that
    participants have any model knowledge or process improvement experience. This training provides
    you that!

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