SCAMPI is designed to provide benchmark quality ratings relative to CMMI models. It is applicable to a wide range of appraisal usage modes, including both internal process improvement and external capability determinations, and satisfies all of the requirements for an Appraisal Requirements for CMMI (ARC) Class A appraisal method and can support the conduct of ISO/IEC 15504 appraisals.
SCAMPI Description:
SCAMPI appraisals have the following goals:
To
provide an accurate picture of the current state of an organization's
processes relative to the CMMI, and
To foster
organizational commitment to continuing process improvement.
The SCAMPI method enables a sponsor to:
Gain
insight into an organization's engineering capability by identifying the
strengths and weaknesses of its current processes
Relate
these strengths and weaknesses to the CMMI model
Prioritize improvement plans
Focus on
improvements (correct weaknesses that generate risks) that are most
beneficial to the organization given its current level of organizational
maturity or process capabilities
Derive
capability level ratings as well as a maturity level rating
Identify
development/acquisition risks relative to capability/maturity
determinations.
Please see the SEI's SCAMPI A Method Definition Document Version 1.2 for additional details.
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