Establish and maintain the plan for performing the process.
The purpose of this generic practice is to determine what is needed to perform the process and achieve the established objectives, to prepare a plan for performing the process, to prepare a
process description, and to get agreement on the plan from relevant stakeholders.
The practical implications of applying a generic practice vary for each process area.
For example, the planning described by this generic practice as applied to the Project Monitoring and Control process area may be carried out in full by the processes associated with the
Project Planning process area. However, this generic practice, when applied to the Project Planning process area, sets an expectation that the project planning process itself be planned.
Therefore, this generic practice may either reinforce expectations set elsewhere in CMMI or set new expectations that should be addressed.
Refer to the Project Planning process area for more information about establishing and maintaining a project plan.
Establishing a plan includes documenting both the plan and the process. Maintaining the plan includes updating it to reflect corrective actions or changes in requirements or
objectives.
The plan for performing the process typically includes the following:
· Process description
· Standards and requirements for the work products and services of the process
· Objectives for the performance of the process (e.g., quality, time scale, cycle time, and resource usage)
· Dependencies among activities, work products, and services of the process
· Resources (including funding, people, and tools) needed to perform the process
· Assignment of responsibility and authority
· Training needed for performing and supporting the process
· Work products to be controlled and the level of control to be applied
· Measurement requirements to provide insight into the performance of the process, its work products, and its services
· Involvement of identified stakeholders
· Activities for monitoring and controlling the process
· Objective evaluation activities of the process
· Management review activities for the process and the work products
Subpractices
1. Define and document the plan for performing the process.
This plan may be a stand-alone document, a plan embedded in a more comprehensive document, or a plan distributed across multiple documents. In the case of a plan being distributed across
multiple documents, ensure that a coherent picture of who does what is preserved. Documents may be hardcopy or softcopy.
2. Define and document the process description.
The process description, which includes relevant standards and procedures, may be included as part of the plan for performing the process or may be referenced in the
plan.
3. Review the plan with relevant stakeholders and get their agreement.
This review includes ensuring that the planned process satisfies the applicable policies, plans, requirements, and standards to provide assurance to relevant
stakeholders.
4. Revise the plan as necessary.
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GP 2.2 Plan the Process