Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI)

3.2.2 Generate Appraisal Record
Activity
Description
Required
Practices
Parameters
and Limits
Appraisal data collected throughout the appraisal is aggregated and
summarized into a permanent record documenting the appraisal conduct and
results. The appraisal record is delivered to the appraisal sponsor for retention.
• Collect and baseline appraisal data that becomes part of the permanent
records provided to appraisal stakeholders.
• Document the satisfaction of all SCAMPI requirements.
• Generate the appraisal record from baselined planning and execution data
collected throughout the appraisal.
• Deliver the appraisal record to the appraisal sponsor.
Required contents of the appraisal record include the following:
• dates of the appraisal
• appraisal input
• appraisal plan
• objective evidence, or identification thereof, sufficient to substantiate
goal-rating judgments
• characterizations of practice implementation determined at the
instantiation level and aggregated at the organizational unit level
• identification of the appraisal method (and version) used along with any
tailoring options
• final findings
• all ratings rendered during the appraisal (goals, PAs, and maturity or
capability levels)
• ADS
• the set of 15504 process profiles resulting from the appraisal (if requested
by the appraisal sponsor)
Depending on the recipient and intended usage, appraisal data may be subject
to being sanitized or edited in order to comply with rules for non-attribution,
confidentiality, protection of proprietary information, and applicable laws,
regulations, or standards (e.g., acquisition regulations or security
classification). Recipients are expected to place the appropriate limitations on
the access and use of the provided appraisal data.
The appraisal team leader documents in the ADS that all SCAMPI
requirements were satisfied.
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