Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI)

1.3.2 Select Team Members
Activity
Description
Required
Practices
Parameters
and Limits
This activity involves identifying available personnel, assessing their
qualifications, and selecting them to become appraisal team members. It may
occur after obtaining the sponsor’s commitment to conduct the appraisal and
may provide input to the appraisal planning.
• Ensure that minimum criteria for individual team members are met.
• Ensure that minimum criteria for the team as a whole are met.
• Document the qualifications and responsibilities of team members in the
appraisal input.
The minimum acceptable team size for a SCAMPI appraisal is four people
(including the team leader). The maximum recommended team size is nine.
All team members must have previously completed the SEI-licensed
Introduction to CMMI course, delivered by an instructor who is authorized by
the SEI.
Team members’ training in the appraisal method is discussed in activity 1.3.3,
Prepare Team.
With regard to engineering field experience, the team (as a group) must have
an average of at least 6 years of experience, and the team total must be at least
25 years of experience, in each of the disciplines to be covered in the
appraisal.
With regard to management experience, the team (as a group) must have a
total of at least 10 years of experience, and at least one team member must
have at least 6 years of experience as a manager.
The team should, in aggregate, have representative experience in the life
cycles in use within the appraised organization. For any given life-cycle
phase, at least two members of the team should have experience as a
practitioner.
Team members should not be managers of one of the selected projects or be
within the direct supervisory chain of any of the anticipated interviewees.
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