CMMI - Level 3 - Defined

Level 2 - The Managed or Repeatable level focused on building strong project management processes in the project.

Level 3 - The Defined Level, looks at building Engineering processes and organizational level processes using the strong base set at Level 2.

Level 3 is, when an organization will have processes for Requirements gathering, Design, Build, Reviews, Testing etc, defined at organization level. Best practices observed in many projects and experience of people is captured in organization wide guidelines and processes. These processes also give guidelines on how the processes must be tailored to suit individual projects. Information and artifacts of previous projects is available for re-use within the organization through mechanisms of knowledge sharing.

There are 13 process areas in Level 3 of CMMI. Apart from engineering processes and organizational level processes, there are a few process areas focused on certain critical aspects like risk management, decision making, team work etc:

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