Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI)

3.2.4 Archive and/or Dispose of Key Artifacts
Activity
Description
Required
Practices
Parameters
and Limits
Optional
Practices
Implementation
Guidance
After the various reports are delivered to the appropriate stakeholders and the
appraisal assets have been baselined, the team leader is responsible for
properly archiving and/or disposing of the appraisal data, in accordance with
agreements made with the sponsor and documented in the appraisal input. The
team librarian (if one is used) ensures that all organization-provided
documentation and objective evidence is returned or disposed of properly.
Any remaining team artifacts or notes are disposed of properly.
• Archive or dispose of key artifacts collected by the appraisal team.
• Return objective evidence provided by the organizational unit.
In all usage modes of SCAMPI, strict non-attribution policies apply.
Confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements established with the appraisal
team members remain in effect.
None.
How the records will be preserved or disposed of is dependent on the usage
mode of the method and the appraisal objectives that shape the current
application. Confidentiality rules may differ by application. In a supplier
selection usage, the results are not proprietary in that the sponsor is not a
member of the appraised organization. However, results are only known to the
sponsor and the recipient; competing organizations do not see the results.
Confidentiality of results can be characterized as one of the following:
• known only to the recipient organization
• known to the recipient and sponsor, when they are from different
organizations
• known to anyone
The sponsor is solely responsible for determining the confidentiality with
which the appraisal results will be maintained. The non-attribution of data to
specific individuals is the responsibility of the appraisal team. The recipient
organization, if the sponsor agrees and it is planned for, may always choose to
make the results known outside the organization. At a high level, this might
be done for marketing and public relations reasons. Disclosures of results
include the context and constraints under which the appraisal was performed
(e.g., reference model scope, organizational scope), as defined by the ADS
described in process 3.1, Deliver Appraisal Results.
Any annotations related to the objective evidence provided to the organization
by the appraisal team should be recorded and archived for use in process
improvement actions or for reuse in subsequent appraisals.
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