Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI)

1.5.2 Prepare Data Collection Plan (continued)
Parameters
and Limits
(continued)
Optional
Practices
The data collection plan (often documented in a variety of artifacts) includes
• assignment of PAs to team members
• summary of initial objective evidence provided by the organization
• identification of highest priority data needs
• initial allocation of data needs to data-gathering events
• identification of instruments to be administered
• identification of participants to be interviewed
• interview schedule, revised to include more detail
• identification of a starter set of interview questions
• identification of documents still needed (if any)
• risks associated with the sufficiency of the data and the adequacy of the
schedule
Review the status of the objective evidence database with members of the
appraised organization to elicit additional objective evidence or to expand on
the evidence available. This allows the appraisal team leader to validate the
data collection plan to some extent.
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