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 CMMI for Acquisition, version 1.2 
  1. Preface 
  1. Purpose 
  2. Acknowledgments 
  3. Audience 
  4. Organization of This Document 
  5. How to Use This Document 
 Readers New to Process Improvement 
 Readers Experienced with Process Improvement 
 Readers Familiar with CMMI 
  6. Additional Information and Reader Feedback 
  3. About CMMI for Acquisition 
  1. Introduction 
 About Capability Maturity Models 
 Evolution of CMMI 
 CMMI Framework Architecture 
 CMMI for Acquisition 
  2. Process Area Components 
 Required, Expected, and Informative Components 
 Required Components 
 Expected Components 
 Informative Components 
 Components Associated with Part Two 
 Process Areas 
 Purpose Statements 
 Introductory Notes 
 Related Process Areas 
 Specific Goals 
 Generic Goals 
 Specific Goal and Practice Summaries 
 Specific Practices 
 Typical Work Products 
 Typical Supplier Deliverables 
 Subpractices 
 Generic Practices 
 Supporting Informative Components 
 Notes 
 Examples 
 References 
 Numbering Scheme 
 Typographical Conventions 
  3. Tying It All Together 
 Understanding Levels 
 Structures of the Continuous and Staged Representations 
 Understanding Capability Levels 
 Capability Level 0: Incomplete 
 Capability Level 1: Performed 
 Capability Level 2: Managed 
 Capability Level 3: Defined 
 Capability Level 4: Quantitatively Managed 
 Capability Level 5: Optimizing 
 Advancing Through Capability Levels 
 Understanding Maturity Levels 
 Maturity Level 1: Initial 
 Maturity Level 2: Managed 
 Maturity Level 3: Defined 
 Maturity Level 4: Quantitatively Managed 
 Maturity Level 5: Optimizing 
 Advancing Through Maturity Levels 
 Process Areas 
 Equivalent Staging 
  4. Relationships Among Process Areas 
 Project Processes 
 Organizational Processes 
 Support Processes 
 High Maturity Processes 
  5. Using CMMI Models 
 Adopting CMMI 
 Your Process Improvement Program 
 Selections that Influence Your Program 
 CMMI Models 
 Using CMMI Appraisals 
 Appraisal Requirements for CMMI 
 SCAMPI Appraisal Methods 
 Appraisal Considerations 
 CMMI-Related Training 
  4. Generic Goals and Generic Practices, and the Process Areas 
  1. Generic Goals and Generic Practices 
 Overview 
 Process Institutionalization 
 Performed Process 
 Managed Process 
 Defined Process 
 Quantitatively Managed Process 
 Optimizing Process 
 Relationships Among Processes 
 Generic Goals and Generic Practices 
 GG 1 Achieve Specific Goals 
 GP 1.1 Perform Specific Practices 
 GG 2 Institutionalize a Managed Process 
 GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational Policy 
 GP 2.2 Plan the Process 
 GP 2.3 Provide Resources 
 GP 2.4 Assign Responsibility 
 GP 2.5 Train People 
 GP 2.6 Manage Configurations 
 GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders 
 GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process 
 GP 2.9 Objectively Evaluate Adherence 
 GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher Level Management 
 GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process 
 GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process 
 GP 3.2 Collect Improvement Information 
 GG 4 Institutionalize a Quantitatively Managed Process 
 GP 4.1 Establish Quantitative Objectives for the Process 
 GP 4.2 Stabilize Subprocess Performance 
 GG 5 Institutionalize an Optimizing Process 
 GP 5.1 Ensure Continuous Process Improvement 
 GP 5.2 Correct Root Causes of Problems 
 Applying Generic Practices 
 Process Areas that Support Generic Practices 
  2. Agreement Management 
 SG 1 Satisfy Supplier Agreements 
 SP 1.1 Execute the Supplier Agreement 
 SP 1.2 Monitor Selected Supplier Processes 
 SP 1.3 Accept the Acquired Product 
 SP 1.4 Manage Supplier Invoices 
  3. Acquisition Requirements Development 
 SG 1 Develop Customer Requirements 
 SP 1.1 Elicit Stakeholder Needs 
 SP 1.2. Develop and Prioritize Customer Requirements 
 SG 2 Develop Contractual Requirements 
 SP 2.1 Establish Contractual Requirements 
 SP 2.2 Allocate Contractual Requirements 
 SG 3 Analyze and Validate Requirements 
 SP 3.1 Establish Operational Concepts and Scenarios 
 SP 3.2 Analyze Requirements 
 SP 3.3 Analyze Requirements to Achieve Balance 
 SP 3.4 Validate Requirements 
  4. Acquisition Technical Management 
 SG 1 Evaluate Technical Solutions 
 SP 1.1 Select Technical Solutions for Analysis 
 SP 1.2 Analyze Selected Technical Solutions 
 SP 1.3 Conduct Technical Reviews 
 SG 2 Perform Interface Management 
 SP 2.1 Select Interfaces to Manage 
 SP 2.2 Manage Selected Interfaces 
  5. Acquisition Validation 
 SG 1 Prepare for Validation 
 SP 1.1 Select Products for Validation 
 SP 1.2 Establish the Validation Environment 
 SP 1.3 Establish Validation Procedures and Criteria 
 SG 2 Validate Selected Products and Product Components 
 SP 2.1 Perform Validation 
 SP 2.2 Analyze Validation Results 
  6. Acquisition Verification 
 SG 1 Prepare for Verification 
 SP 1.1 Select Work Products for Verification 
 SP 1.2 Establish the Verification Environment 
 SP 1.3 Establish Verification Procedures and Criteria 
 SG 2 Perform Peer Reviews 
 SP 2.1 Prepare for Peer Reviews 
 SP 2.2 Conduct Peer Reviews 
 SP 2.3 Analyze Peer Review Data 
 SG 3 Verify Selected Work Products 
 SP 3.1 Perform Verification 
 SP 3.2 Analyze Verification Results 
  7. Causal Analysis and Resolution 
 SG 1 Determine Causes of Defects 
 SP 1.1 Select Defect Data for Analysis 
 SP 1.2 Analyze Causes 
 SG 2 Address Causes of Defects 
 SP 2.1 Implement Action Proposals 
 SP 2.2 Evaluate the Effect of Changes 
 SP 2.3 Record Data 
  8. Configuration Management 
 SG 1 Establish Baselines 
 SP 1.1 Identify Configuration Items 
 SP 1.2 Establish a Configuration Management System 
 SP 1.3 Create or Release Baselines 
 SG 2 Track and Control Changes 
 SP 2.1 Track Change Requests 
 SP 2.2 Control Configuration Items 
 SG 3 Establish Integrity 
 SP 3.1 Establish Configuration Management Records 
 SP 3.2 Perform Configuration Audits 
  9. Decision Analysis and Resolution 
 SG 1 Evaluate Alternatives 
 SP 1.1 Establish Guidelines for Decision Analysis 
 SP 1.2 Establish Evaluation Criteria 
 SP 1.3 Identify Alternative Solutions 
 SP 1.4 Select Evaluation Methods 
 SP 1.5 Evaluate Alternatives 
 SP 1.6 Select Solutions 
  10. Integrated Project Management 
 SG 1 Use the Projects Defined Process 
 SP 1.1 Establish the Projects Defined Process 
 SP 1.2 Use Organizational Process Assets for Planning Project Activities 
 SP 1.3 Establish the Projects Work Environment 
 SP 1.4 Integrate Plans 
 SP 1.5 Manage the Project Using Integrated Plans 
 SP 1.6 Establish Integrated Teams 
 SP 1.7 Contribute to Organizational Process Assets 
 SG 2 Coordinate and Collaborate with Relevant Stakeholders 
 SP 2.1 Manage Stakeholder Involvement 
 SP 2.2 Manage Dependencies 
 SP 2.3 Resolve Coordination Issues 
  11. Measurement and Analysis 
 SG 1 Align Measurement and Analysis Activities 
 SP 1.1 Establish Measurement Objectives 
 SP 1.2 Specify Measures 
 SP 1.3 Specify Data Collection and Storage Procedures 
 SP 1.4 Specify Analysis Procedures 
 SG 2 Provide Measurement Results 
 SP 2.1 Collect Measurement Data 
 SP 2.2 Analyze Measurement Data 
 SP 2.3 Store Data and Results 
 SP 2.4 Communicate Results 
  12. Organizational Innovation and Deployment 
 SG 1 Select Improvements 
 SP 1.1 Collect and Analyze Improvement Proposals 
 SP 1.2 Identify and Analyze Innovations 
 SP 1.3 Pilot Improvements 
 SP 1.4 Select Improvements for Deployment 
 SG 2 Deploy Improvements 
 SP 2.1 Plan the Deployment 
 SP 2.2 Manage the Deployment 
 SP 2.3 Measure Improvement Effects 
  13. Organizational Process Definition 
 SG 1 Establish Organizational Process Assets 
 SP 1.1 Establish Standard Processes 
 SP 1.2 Establish Lifecycle Model Descriptions 
 SP 1.3 Establish Tailoring Criteria and Guidelines 
 SP 1.4 Establish the Organizations Measurement Repository 
 SP 1.5 Establish the Organizations Process Asset Library 
 SP 1.6 Establish Work Environment Standards 
 SP 1.7 Establish Rules and Guidelines for Integrated Teams 
  14. Organizational Process Focus 
 SG 1 Determine Process Improvement Opportunities 
 SP 1.1 Establish Organizational Process Needs 
 SP 1.2 Appraise the Organizations Processes 
 SP 1.3 Identify the Organization's Process Improvements 
 SG 2 Plan and Implement Process Improvements 
 SP 2.1 Establish Process Action Plans 
 SP 2.2 Implement Process Action Plans 
 SG 3 Deploy Organizational Process Assets and Incorporate Lessons Learned 
 SP 3.1 Deploy Organizational Process Assets 
 SP 3.2 Deploy Standard Processes 
 SP 3.3 Monitor Implementation 
 SP 3.4 Incorporate Process-Related Experiences into the Organizational Process Assets 
  15. Organizational Process Performance 
 SG 1 Establish Performance Baselines and Models 
 SP 1.1 Select Processes 
 SP 1.2 Establish Process-Performance Measures 
 SP 1.3 Establish Quality and Process-Performance Objectives 
 SP 1.4 Establish Process-Performance Baselines 
 SP 1.5 Establish Process-Performance Models 
  16. Organizational Training 
 SG 1 Establish an Organizational Training Capability 
 SP 1.1 Establish the Strategic Training Needs 
 SP 1.2 Determine Which Training Needs Are the Responsibility of the Organization 
 SP 1.3 Establish an Organizational Training Tactical Plan 
 SP 1.4 Establish Training Capability 
 SG 2 Provide Necessary Training 
 SP 2.1 Deliver Training 
 SP 2.2 Establish Training Records 
 SP 2.3 Assess Training Effectiveness 
  17. Project Monitoring and Control 
 SG 1 Monitor Project Against Plan 
 SP 1.1 Monitor Project Planning Parameters 
 SP 1.2 Monitor Commitments 
 SP 1.3 Monitor Project Risks 
 SP 1.4 Monitor Data Management 
 SP 1.5 Monitor Stakeholder Involvement 
 SP 1.6 Conduct Progress Reviews 
 SP 1.7 Conduct Milestone Reviews 
 SP 1.8 Monitor Transition to Operations and Support 
 SG 2 Manage Corrective Action to Closure 
 SP 2.1 Analyze Issues 
 SP 2.2 Take Corrective Action 
 SP 2.3 Manage Corrective Action 
  18. Project Planning 
 SG 1 Establish Estimates 
 SP 1.1 Establish the Acquisition Strategy 
 SP 1.2 Estimate the Scope of the Project 
 SP 1.3 Establish Estimates of Work Product and Task Attributes 
 SP 1.4 Define Project Lifecycle Phases 
 SP 1.5 Estimate Effort and Cost 
 SG 2 Develop a Project Plan 
 SP 2.1 Establish the Budget and Schedule 
 SP 2.2 Identify Project Risks 
 SP 2.3 Plan for Data Management 
 SP 2.4 Plan for Project Resources 
 SP 2.5 Plan for Needed Knowledge and Skills 
 SP 2.6 Plan Stakeholder Involvement 
 SP 2.7 Plan Transition to Operations and Support 
 SP 2.8 Establish the Project Plan 
 SG 3 Obtain Commitment to the Plan 
 SP 3.1 Review Plans That Affect the Project 
 SP 3.2 Reconcile Work and Resource Levels 
 SP 3.3 Obtain Plan Commitment 
  19. Process and Product Quality Assurance 
 SG 1 Objectively Evaluate Processes and Work Products 
 SP 1.1 Objectively Evaluate Processes 
 SP 1.2 Objectively Evaluate Work Products and Services 
 SG 2 Provide Objective Insight 
 SP 2.1 Communicate and Ensure Resolution of Noncompliance Issues 
 SP 2.2 Establish Records 
  20. Quantitative Project Management 
 SG 1 Quantitatively Manage the Project 
 SP 1.1 Establish the Projects Objectives 
 SP 1.2 Compose the Defined Process 
 SP 1.3 Select the Subprocesses to Be Statistically Managed 
 SP 1.4 Manage Project Performance 
 SG 2 Statistically Manage Subprocess Performance 
 SP 2.1 Select Measures and Analytic Techniques 
 SP 2.2 Apply Statistical Methods to Understand Variation 
 SP 2.3 Monitor Performance of the Selected Subprocesses 
 SP 2.4 Record Statistical Management Data 
  21. Requirements Management 
 SG 1 Manage Requirements 
 SP 1.1 Obtain an Understanding of Requirements 
 SP 1.2 Obtain Commitment to Requirements 
 SP 1.3 Manage Requirements Changes 
 SP 1.4 Maintain Bidirectional Traceability of Requirements 
 SP 1.5 Identify Inconsistencies Between Project Work and Requirements 
  22. Risk Management 
 SG 1 Prepare for Risk Management 
 SP 1.1 Determine Risk Sources and Categories 
 SP 1.2 Define Risk Parameters 
 SP 1.3 Establish a Risk Management Strategy 
 SG 2 Identify and Analyze Risks 
 SP 2.1 Identify Risks 
 SP 2.2 Evaluate, Categorize, and Prioritize Risks 
 SG 3 Mitigate Risks 
 SP 3.1 Develop Risk Mitigation Plans 
 SP 3.2 Implement Risk Mitigation Plans 
  23. Solicitation and Supplier Agreement Development 
 SG 1 Prepare for Solicitation and Supplier Agreement Development 
 SP 1.1 Identify Potential Suppliers 
 SP 1.2 Establish a Solicitation Package 
 SP 1.3 Review the Solicitation Package 
 SP 1.4 Distribute and Maintain the Solicitation Package 
 SG 2 Select Suppliers 
 SP 2.1 Evaluate Proposed Solutions 
 SP 2.2 Establish Negotiation Plans 
 SP 2.3 Select Suppliers 
 SG 3 Establish Supplier Agreements 
 SG 3.1 Establish an Understanding of the Agreement 
 SG 3.2 Establish the Supplier Agreement 
  5. The Appendices and Glossary 
  1. Appendix A: References 
  2. Appendix B: Acronyms 
 ACQ 
 AM 
 ARC 
 ARD 
 ATM 
 AVAL 
 AVER 
 CAR 
 CCB 
 CL 
 CM 
 CMM 
 CMMI 
 CMMI-ACQ 
 CMMI-DEV 
 COTS 
 CPI 
 CPM 
 DAR 
 DEV 
 DoD 
 EDS 
 EIA 
 EIA/IS 
 GG 
 GP 
 GM 
 IBM 
 IDEAL 
 IEEE 
 IPD-CMM 
 IPM 
 ISO 
 ISO/IEC 
 IT 
 MA 
 MDD 
 ML 
 NDIA 
 OID 
 OPD 
 OPF 
 OPP 
 OT 
 OUSD (AT&L) 
 P-CMM 
 PA 
 PERT 
 PMC 
 PP 
 PPQA 
 QA 
 QFD 
 QPM 
 REQM 
 RSKM 
 SA-CMM 
 SCAMPI 
 SECM 
 SEI 
 SG 
 SP 
 SPI 
 SSAD 
 SW-CMM 
 WBS 
  3. Appendix C: Project Participants 
 Initial Draft Development Team 
 CMMI Architecture Team 
 CMMI-ACQ, V1.2 Model Team 
 CMMI-ACQ, V1.2 Training Team 
 CMMI-ACQ, V1.2 Quality Team 
 CMMI Acquisition Advisory Board 
 CMMI Steering Group 
  4. Appendix D: Glossary 
 acceptance criteria 
 acceptance testing 
 achievement profile 
 acquirer 
 acquisition 
 acquisition strategy 
 adequate 
 allocated requirement 
 alternative practice 
 amplifications 
 appraisal 
 appraisal findings 
 appraisal participants 
 appraisal rating 
 appraisal reference model 
 appraisal scope 
 appraisal team leader 
 appropriate 
 as needed 
 assessment 
 assignable cause of process variation 
 audit 
 base measure 
 baseline 
 bidirectional traceability 
 business objectives 
 capability level 
 capability level profile 
 capability maturity model 
 capable process 
 causal analysis 
 change management 
 CMMI Framework 
 CMMI model 
 CMMI model component 
 CMMI Product Suite 
 common cause of process variation 
 concept of operations 
 configuration audit 
 configuration baseline 
 configuration control 
 configuration control board 
 configuration identification 
 configuration item 
 configuration management 
 configuration status accounting 
 continuous representation 
 contractual requirements 
 corrective action 
 commercial off-the-shelf 
 customer 
 customer requirement 
 data 
 data management 
 defect density 
 defined process 
 deliverable 
 derived measure 
 derived requirements 
 design review 
 development 
 development plan 
 discipline 
 document 
 enterprise 
 entry criteria 
 equivalent staging 
 establish and maintain 
 evidence 
 executive 
 exit criteria 
 expected CMMI components 
 findings 
 formal evaluation process 
 framework 
 functional analysis 
 functional architecture 
 functional configuration audit 
 generic goal 
 generic practice 
 generic practice elaboration 
 goal 
 hardware engineering 
 higher level management 
 incomplete process 
 informative CMMI components 
 institutionalization 
 integrated team 
 interface control 
 lifecycle model 
 managed process 
 manager 
 maturity level 
 measure (noun) 
 measurement 
 memorandum of agreement 
 natural bounds 
 nondevelopmental item 
 nontechnical requirements 
 objective 
 objective evidence 
 objectively evaluate 
 observation 
 operational concept 
 operational scenario 
 optimizing process 
 organization 
 organizational maturity 
 organizational policy 
 organizational process assets 
 organizational unit 
 organization's business objectives 
 organization's measurement repository 
 organization's process asset library 
 organization's set of standard processes 
 outsourcing 
 peer review 
 performed process 
 physical configuration audit 
 planned process 
 policy 
 process 
 process action plan 
 process action team 
 process and technology improvements 
 process architecture 
 process area 
 process asset 
 process asset library 
 process attribute 
 process capability 
 process context 
 process definition 
 process description 
 process element 
 process group 
 process improvement 
 process improvement objectives 
 process improvement plan 
 process measurement 
 process owner 
 process performance 
 process-performance baseline 
 process-performance model 
 process tailoring 
 product 
 product component 
 product component requirements 
 product lifecycle 
 product line 
 product-related lifecycle processes 
 product requirements 
 product suite 
 profile 
 program 
 project 
 project manager 
 project plan 
 project progress and performance 
 project startup 
 project's defined process 
 prototype 
 quality 
 quality and process-performance objectives 
 quality assurance 
 quantitative objective 
 quantitatively managed process 
 rating 
 reference 
 reference model 
 relevant stakeholder 
 representation 
 required CMMI components 
 requirement 
 requirements analysis 
 requirements elicitation 
 requirements management 
 requirements traceability 
 return on investment 
 risk analysis 
 risk identification 
 risk management 
 risk management strategy 
 root cause 
 senior manager 
 service 
 service level 
 service level agreement 
 service level measure 
 shared vision 
 software engineering 
 solicitation 
 solicitation package 
 special cause of process variation 
 specific goal 
 specific practice 
 stable process 
 staged representation 
 stakeholder 
 standard (noun) 
 standard process 
 statement of work 
 statistical predictability 
 statistical process control 
 statistical techniques 
 statistically managed process 
 subpractice 
 subprocess 
 supplier 
 supplier agreement 
 sustainment 
 systems engineering 
 system of systems 
 tailoring 
 tailoring guidelines 
 target profile 
 target staging 
 technical performance 
 technical performance measure 
 technical requirements 
 test procedure 
 traceability 
 trade study 
 training 
 typical work product 
 unit testing 
 validation 
 verification 
 version control 
 work breakdown structure (WBS) 
 work product 
 work product and task attributes 
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 OPP 
 OID
Project
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 IPM
 QPM
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