Systematic process improvement using ISO 9001:2000 and CMMI

200 Transitioning from Legacy Standards
Table 6.15 Transition from CMM ® Level 2 to CMMI ® Level 3
Steps
Activities
1 Update the process improvement infrastructure; include systems engineering
(or software systems engineering) processes (OPF).
For each level 2 and relevant level 3 process area:
2 Review and revise organizational policies. Include systems engineering (GP
2.1, Establish an Organizational Policy).
3 Establish the organizational standard process, process library and database,
and develop tailoring guidelines. Include additional processes as necessary
and revise as appropriate.
4 Implement the IPM process area. Make sure that all new aspects of the IPM
PA are addressed (e.g., SP 1.3 and SP 1.4).
5 Use new process descriptions and develop required plans. Revise existing
plans, if necessary (GP 3.1, Establish a Defined Process; GP 2.2, Plan the
Process). Manage projects using integrated plans.
6 Develop and execute a strategy for implementing the MA process area.
7 Review OT and make sure that the CMMI ® differences are accounted for
(OT SG 2).
8 Train staff in new policies, processes, and plans (GP 2.5, Train People).
9 Ensure that each process area has adequate resources and that
responsibilities for performing the process are established (GP 2.3, Provide
Resources; GP 2.4, Assign Responsibility).
10 Implement IPM SG 2.
11 Review stakeholder identification. Involve stakeholders in process activities
(GP 2.7, Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders).
12 Review implementation of the REQM, PP, PMC, SAM, CM, and PPQA
process areas from the level 3 point of view and make sure that the CMMI ®
differences are accounted for. Implement the remaining practices of OPD,
OT.
13 Make sure that GP 2.6, Manage Configurations; GP 2.8, Monitor and Control the
Process; and GP 2.9, Objectively Evaluate Adherence, are adequately
implemented.
14 Develop and execute a strategy for implementing RD, TS, PI, VER, and VAL.
15 Implement GP 3.2.
16 Periodically review these efforts with senior management (GP 2.10, Review
Status with Senior Management).
tion larger return on investment due to increased process efficiency and
shorter process improvement implementation times.
Continuous approach
The continuous approach for moving an organization from CMM ® level 2
to CMMI ® level 3 may closely follow the variants described in Section 6.3.1.