Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI)

1.5.2 Prepare Data Collection Plan (continued)
Implementation
Guidance
(continued)
The results of the analysis of initial objective evidence are used to determine
which practices are not already covered with objective evidence. Practices for
which no initial objective evidence has been provided should be identified as
high-risk areas for the team to address immediately. The schedule for data
collection may need to change dramatically if the team is unable to find
relevant data for these areas in short order. In the case of practices for which
data are available in the initial objective evidence, the team members assigned
to the PAs plan the strategy for verifying the implementation of each of the
practices through review of the named documents, interviews with the people
who play the named roles, or other data collection events. Artifacts used to
manage data collection events are populated with the current understanding of
the planned data collection events, as follows:
• The schedule for interviews is finalized, so participants can be informed
of the expectations for their participation as interviewees.
• The list of documents on hand (or accessible electronically) is finalized,
so that the team members know what is and is not available for document
review.
• A preliminary allocation of practices to be covered in each of the
scheduled interviews is documented.
• A list of needed documents (not yet available to the team) is generated, if
there are any known needs for documents at this point.
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