International Business Machines

Initiating, Diagnosing, Establishing, Acting, Learning

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

A process that is not performed or is performed only partially (also known as capability level 0). One or more of the specific goals of the process area are not satisfied.

International Council on Systems Engineering

CMMI components that help model users understand the required and expected components of a model. These components can contain examples, detailed explanations, or other helpful information. Subpractices, notes, references, goal titles, practice titles, sources, typical work products, amplifications, and generic practice elaborations are informative model components.

The ingrained way of doing business that an organization follows routinely as part of its corporate culture.

A systematic approach to product development that achieves a timely collaboration of relevant stakeholders throughout the product lifecycle to better satisfy customer needs.

A group of people with complementary skills and expertise who are committed to delivering specified work products in timely collaboration. Integrated team members provide skills and advocacy appropriate to all phases of the work products' life and are collectively responsible for delivering the work products as specified. An integrated team should include empowered representatives from organizations, disciplines, and functions that have a stake in the success of the work products.

In configuration management, the process of (1) identifying all functional and physical characteristics relevant to the interfacing of two or more configuration items provided by one or more organizations, and (2) ensuring that the proposed changes to these characteristics are evaluated and approved prior to implementation. (See also "configuration item" and "configuration management.")

Integrated Product Development Capability Maturity Model