– Process improvement

– Definition and concepts Components of the CMMI model
– Return on investment
– Exercise: improvement objectives

– Use of the reference book
– CMMI component
– Process domain
– Nature and type of components

– Staged and continuous representation
– Level of maturity and aptitude
– Institutionalization
– Generic practices
– Exercise: process description

– Requirements development (RD)
– Requirements management (REQM)

– Project planning (PP)
– Project
monitoring (PMC) – Risk management (RSKM)
– Supplier contract management (SAM)

– Configuration Management (CM)
– Quality Assurance (PPQA)
– Measurement and Analysis (MA)
– Exercise: Gap Analysis
– Decision Making (DAR)
– Causal Analysis (CAR)

– Technical solution (TS)
– Product integration (PI)
– Verification (VER)
– Validation (VAL)
– Exercise: impact of an evolution

– Continuous improvement strategy (OPF)
– Definition of the standard process (OPD)
– Exercise: process library
– Integrated project management (IPM)
– Innovation and deployment (OID)
– Training (OT)
– Quantitative project management (QPM) )
– Fundamentals of quantitative management
– Process performance (PPO)
– Exercise: case study

– Causal analysis, innovation and deployment in quantitative mode
– Exercise: improvement objectives and measures

– IPPD concept – IPPD
impact on the definition of processes and integrated project management

– Representations
– Interrelation between components
– « Equivalent Staging »
– Exercise: correspondence between statements and CMMI practices

– Source of information on the CMMI
– IDEAL approach