Process
Areas
(staged)

Level 2
 
RM
 PP
 PMC
 SAM
 MA
 PPQA
 CM
Level 3
 
RD
 TS
 PI
 VE
 VA
 OPF
 OPD
 OT
 IPM
 RSKM
 DAR
Level 4
 
OPP
 QPM
Level 5
 
OID
 CAR

 Four Categories of CMMI Process Areas

Process areas can be grouped into four categories:

·   Process Management

·   Project Management

·   Engineering

·   Support

Although we are grouping process areas this way to discuss their interactions, process areas often interact and have an effect on one another regardless of their defined group. For example, the Decision Analysis and Resolution process area provides specific practices to address the formal evaluation that is used in the Technical Solution process area for selecting a technical solution from alternative solutions. Technical Solution is an Engineering process area and Decision Analysis and Resolution is a Support process area.

Being aware of the interactions that exist among CMMI process areas and which process areas are Basic and Advanced will help you apply CMMI in a useful and productive way. The following sections describe the interactions of process areas within the categories and only briefly describe the interactions among process areas in other categories. Interactions among process areas that belong to different categories are described in references within the Related Process Areas section of the process areas in Part Two. Refer to Chapter 2 for more information about references.

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Process
Areas
(continuous)


Process
management  
 
OPF
 OPD
 OT  
 
OPP 
 
OID
Project
management
 
PP
 PMC
 SAM 
 
IPM
 RSKM
 
QPM
Engineering
 
RD
 RM
 TS
 PI
 VE
 VA
Support
 
CM
 PPQA
 MA
 
DAR
 CAR