Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI)

2.2.3 Validate Practice Implementation Gaps (continued)
Optional
Practices
Implementation
Guidance
Preliminary findings (and other appraisal results) focused on specific projects,
divisions, or other organizational sub-units may be generated if they are
reflected in the appraisal objectives and constraints. This tailoring option also
requires that the members of the organization participating in the appraisal be
fully informed of the intended use of the information they provide to the
appraisal team.
Preliminary findings are the building blocks that lead to the judgment of goal
satisfaction, and are the detailed information that forms the basis for the final
findings. As an intermediate artifact of the appraisal process, preliminary
findings are used to ensure traceability between appraisal inputs and appraisal
outputs.
Feedback from participants on the preliminary findings should be solicited by
the appraisal team and considered for possible revisions to its inventory of
objective evidence.
It is not expected that preliminary findings will provide a detailed listing of
the implementation status of every model practice in every sampled project.
Furthermore, it is not expected that the preliminary findings will identify the
status of individual projects with regard to practice implementation or goal
achievement. An appraisal sponsor may request these more detailed appraisal
results. The appraisal team leader should negotiate for the proper allocation of
time to accommodate this tailoring option, and the expectation that such
information will be preserved at the end of the appraisal should be made clear
to all appraisal participants.
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