Curious About CMMI Certification? What Should My Company Prepare Before Starting?

Dear All,

I am working in an organization as Manager of Human Resources, and we have decided to pursue CMMI certification. I have reviewed numerous CMMI documents and now I would like to understand if there are any prerequisites for CMMI certification. For example, whether the organization's size should be a certain number, or if the organization needs to be a private or public limited company, among other criteria.

Please provide me with your valuable insights so that we can progress with all necessary preparations. I am aware that we will need someone to assess our defined processes and practices. The assessing company will conduct a gap analysis of our processes, identifying areas for improvement.

I kindly request your prompt responses.

Regards,
Nitin Jagdale

Hi Nitin,

I am in a software organization that wants to achieve CMMI level 3. What are the prerequisites for CMMI level 3?

Your inputs will be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Vijayalakshmi

Dear Ms. Vijaya Lakshmi,

Greetings!

This is Bharat from Hyderabad. With reference to your query on CMMI Prerequisites, I have worked in the quality consulting field for about 4 years. I see the only prerequisite that is mandatory is management commitment to go for CMMi and a process-oriented approach. This implicitly means that the management is willing to provide necessary funding, time, and commitment for the CMMi implementation processes, as CMMi demands a lot of change management to be handled across the organization and commitment from each stakeholder in the organization.

So, if your management is ready for the above-said things, you are ready to go for CMMi.

For any further clarifications, you can email me at consult4quality@gmail.com.

Thanks,
Bharat