CMMI - L 2 - Manage - Measurement & Analysis

The objective of this PA is to develop and sustain a measurement capability that is used to support project and management information needs.

It involves specifying the objectives of measurement and analysis such that they are aligned with the identified information needs and objectives.

Exp - Think Size, Effort, Defects, Schedule and other parameters like SLA, Response time, System availability etc

Then the data collection and storage mechanism are identified.

Exp - Timesheets, Defect Reports

Implementing the collection, storage, analysis and reporting of data

Exp - Think Milestones, Metric reports, Status reports

Providing objective results that can be used in making informed decisions

Exp - Think actions that come of out milestone/metrics analysis

The goals for this PA are:

1. Align measurement and analysis activities2. Provide measurement results

The goals translate into - Identifying proper measurements and then collecting the same. The next step is to analyze the collected data to take decisions as necessary. By having this PA at Level 2, CMMI reinforces the fact that measurement and project management of data is very critical to project success.

What data need to be collected depends on project objectives. Apart from the 4 basic measures - Size, Effort, Defect and Schedule, the projects can decide critical data requirements and collect them.


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