CMMI® v2: Foundations of Capability
The official CMMI® Institute certified course, packed with our special bonuses
Why Take This Course
Pave the way for better operations and performance in your organization.
This two-to-three day class gives you a basic understanding of the core content of the most recent version of CMMI, and is the de facto standard way of learning CMMI. To make it more practical, you'll likely follow it up with one or more supplemental classes, like Building Development Excellence or Building Service Excellence (targeted to CMMI-DEV and CMMI-SVC, respectively).
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(CMMI V1.3 fans: The V2.rough equivalent of the three-day Introduction to CMMI V1.3 is the two-day Foundations of Capability followed by the appropriate one-day Building Excellence course [Development or Services].)
This course is currently only available from us through live, virtual instructor-led training using Zoom.
Who Should Attend
This class should be attended by:
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Anyone interested in improving the performance of any organization that develops products or delivers services
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Anyone heavily involved in CMMI V2-based improvement
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Candidate CMMI V2 Appraisal Team Members (ATMs)
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People interested in becoming a Certified CMMI Associate or Certified CMMI Professional
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People who may ultimately want to take supplemental or more advanced courses (for which this is a prerequisite)
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Anybody else interested in learning more about CMMI V2: executives, managers, developers, service providers...
What You'll Learn
By the end of the course, you should be able to:
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Connect the CMMI with business value
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Use CMMI as a tool for improving performance
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Describe the components of CMMI V2 and how they work together
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Discuss each of the core practice areas in the model
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Interpret core content of CMMI V2 to serve effectively on an appraisal or process improvement team (after taking an appropriate Building Excellence course)
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Know what it takes to be Maturity Level 2, 3, and beyond
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Understand the high-level value of a CMMI appraisal
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Know where to find information in the model
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Compete effectively at your local watering-hole's CMMI Trivia Night.
What You'll WALK AWAY WITH
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​Online Model Viewer access for 30 days (a $150 value), typically beginning a few days before class
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CMMI Associate exam credit (a $250 value); passing the exam is a requirement for V2 Appraisal Team Members; exam must be taken within 30 days after the start of class
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Online access to all standard CMMI Institute slides
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Official CMMI Institute certificate (upon completion)
PLUS - Only When We Teach It
We provide you with the following exclusive content with every one of our courses:
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Electronic binders of all slides and exercises. (See 10 sample slides.) At least 98% original, exciting content in each class.
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Virtual class guidance, including our Zoom Cheat Sheet and Wild Bill's Zoom Guidelines for My CMMI Classes.
With our Foundations of Capability class you'll also receive:
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Online access to our 60-question practice CMMI Associate Exams. (See 5 sample questions.)
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CMMI V2 guidance documents (pdfs): Cheat Sheet, Adoption and Transition Guidance, Method Definition Document Quick Reference (appraisal method summary), and V1.3 to V2 Practice Mapping (for transition efforts)
Course outline
Our CMMI V2 courses are composed of occasional lectures combined with lots of exercises to make sure you understand the model. To receive credit for the class, you need to actively participate throughout the entire course without missing any class time.
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Here's a high-level class outline, subject to occasional change based upon revisions to the model and improvements to our class.
Day One
1.1 Welcome!
Exercise: Your Stakeholder Needs
Exercise: Three Improvement Ideas
1.2 Performance Excellence & CMMI
Exercise: Performance & Capability - Examples
Exercise: Excellent Companies - Examples
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1.3 CMMI V2 Product Suite
Exercise: Online Model Viewer Access (Walkthrough)
Exercise: What's New (for V1.3 Fans), What's Interesting (For Everyone Else)
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1.4 CMMI V2 Model Structure​
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Categories, Capability Areas
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Practice Areas (PAs), Practice Groups (Levels), Practices
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Views
Exercise: Capability Areas
Exercise: Practice Area Structure
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1.5 Doing the Work
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Overview of PAs Specific to the Following Capability Areas (detailed in add-on courses):
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Engineering and Developing Products (EDP)
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Delivering and Managing Services (DMS)
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Selecting and Managing Suppliers (SMS)
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Exercise: Identifying Capability Areas and Practice Areas
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1.6 Ensuring Quality (ENQ)
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Requirements Development and Management (RDM)
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Process Quality Assurance (PQA)
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Verification and Validation (VV)
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Peer Reviews (PR)
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Exercise: Practice Area Abbreviations
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1.7 Planning and Managing Work (PMW)
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Estimating (EST)
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Planning (PLAN)
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Monitor and Control (MC)
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Exercise: Capability Areas​
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1.8 Managing Business Resilience (MBR)
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Risk and Opportunity Management (RSK)
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1.9 Day 1 Wrap-up
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Exercise: I Know, I Still Want to Know
Exercise: Name the PA
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Homework Assignment
Day Two
2.1 Warm-up
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Exercise: One-Word Feedback (How's Class So Far?)
Exercise: Assign PAs to Your Improvement Ideas
Exercise: Name the PA
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2.2 Sustaining Habit & Persistence (SHP)
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Governance (GOV)
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Implementation Infrastructure (II)
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Exercise: Map GOV/II Practices to Organizational Success Factors
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2.3 Supporting Implementation (SI)
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Causal Analysis and Resolution (CAR)
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Decision Analysis and Resolution (DAR)
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Configuration Management (CM)
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Exercise: PA Abbreviations
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The Hidden Practice Area! (Organizational Training [OT])
2.4 Improving Performance (IMP)
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Process Management (PCM)
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Process Asset Development (PAD)
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Managing Performance and Measurement (MPM)
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Exercise: Practice Area Relationships
Exercise: Identifying Practices
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2.5 Maturity & Capability Levels
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Exercise: Elevator Speeches
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2.6 Appraisals
2.7 Putting It All Together
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Exercise: Name the PA
Exercise: Scenario Evaluation
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2.8 Next Steps
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Graduation
