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Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI)

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2.1.4 Examine Objective Evidence from Interviews<br />

Activity<br />

Description<br />

Required<br />

Practices<br />

Interviews are used to obtain face-to-face affirmations relating to the<br />

implementation of processes at the organizational and project levels.<br />

Interviews are held with managers and practitioners responsible <strong>for</strong> the work<br />

being per<strong>for</strong>med. The appraisal team uses interviews to understand how the<br />

processes are implemented and to probe areas where additional coverage of<br />

model practices is needed.<br />

Interviews are a required and necessary component of a <strong>SCAMPI</strong> appraisal, in<br />

all usage modes. The criteria <strong>for</strong> the amount of face-to-face affirmation<br />

objective evidence that must be collected are described in activity 2.2.1,<br />

Verify Objective Evidence. This drives the development of the initial<br />

interviewing strategy in the data collection plan described in activity 1.5.2,<br />

Prepare Data Collection Plan. A variety of interviewing techniques are<br />

available, and the appraisal team leader works with the team to schedule the<br />

most appropriate interview types <strong>for</strong> the situation.<br />

As objective evidence is gathered throughout the appraisal, the data collection<br />

plan is revised as necessary. By using focused investigation techniques, the<br />

need <strong>for</strong> interviews may be either increased or diminished, as long as the<br />

criteria <strong>for</strong> face-to-face affirmations are satisfied.<br />

Objective evidence obtained from interviews, and from other sources, is<br />

documented in process 2.3, Document Objective Evidence, and verified in<br />

process 2.2, Verify and Validate Objective Evidence.<br />

• Refine the data collection plan to determine the objective evidence that<br />

must be obtained from interview participants.<br />

• Review in<strong>for</strong>mation obtained from interviews and determine if it is<br />

acceptable as objective evidence.<br />

• Determine the model practices corresponding to the objective evidence<br />

obtained from interviews.<br />

• Determine the portions of the organizational unit that correspond to the<br />

objective evidence obtained from interviews.<br />

Continued on next page<br />

Page II-80<br />

CMU/SEI-2001-HB-001

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