Capability Maturity Model (CMM) Interview Questions

1. Give examples for which causal analysis can be done
Ans:

• High / low schedule variance,
• High / low effort variance,
• Poor rating,
• Too many re-opened calls,
• High defect density,
• Very Low resource utilization etc

2. How are the goals categorized in the each process area?
Ans: Goals are categorized as generic and specific goals in each process area.

3. Which Process Area deals with team structure in project and how team goals are aligned to project goals?
Ans: Integrated Teaming

4. Which Process Area deals with doing causal analysis and take actions?
Ans: Causal Analysis and resolution

5. What is the appraisal methodology of CMMI called?
Ans: SCAMPI (Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement)

6. Which is the process area that deals with objective evaluation of processes and associated work products?
Ans: Process and Product QA

7. What are the common features for the generic goals of any Process Area?
Ans:

• Commitment to Perform,
• Ability to Perform,
• Directing Implementation, and
• Verifying Implementation & Generic Practices

8. There are ____________ Process Areas in at Maturity Level 2
Ans: 7

9. List down the acquisition types where in you have contract as on today.
Ans: Buy, Sell, Rent, Outsourcing

10. To provide measurement results; first _______ measurement data ; ______ measurement data.
Ans: COLLECT, ANALYZE

12. There are ____________ Process Areas in at Maturity Level 3.
Ans: 11

12. List down the process areas from Level 3.
Ans:

• Requirement Development,
• Technical Solution,
• Product Integration,
• Verification,
• Validation,
• OPF,
• OPD,
• Organizational Training,
• Risk Management,
• Decision Analysis and Resolution,
• Integrated Supplier Management

13. There are ___ Process Areas in at Maturity Level 4; List down the names of the Process Areas.
Ans: 2

14. List down the process areas from Level 4.
Ans:

• Quantitative Project Management,
• Organizational process performance

15. Which is the process area that deals with objective evaluation of processes and associated work products?
Ans: Process and Product QA

Capability Maturity Model (CMM) Interview Questions

1. How many representations does the CMMI Model have? Name the representations.
Ans: 2 - Staged and continuous

2. Which are the 5 levels in CMMi Framework in Staged Representation?
Ans: 5 Levels in Staged are:

• Performed,
• Managed,
• Defined,
• Quantitatively Managed, and
• Optimizing

3. Which are the disciplines in the base model of CMMI?
Ans:

• Software Engineering,
• System Engineering,
• Integrated product development,
• Software acquisition

4. Which Process Area deals with doing causal analysis and take actions?
Ans: CAR

5. State True or False - In Staged representations all Process Areas are at Level 5.
Ans: TRUE

6. Go through the process areas listed below and identify the measures that can be collected to implement the concepts of quantitative management in each of the practices. The process areas are:

• Project Planning
• Requirement Management
• Verification
• Configuration Management

Ans:

• Project Planning – Effort Variance, Schedule Variance, Effort distribution & productivity
• Requirement Management – Requirement Stability Index
• Verification – Number of defects, Defect density, % defect distribution by phase, %effort spent on review and testing, review and testing effectiveness
• Configuration Management – Effort spent on configuration audits

7. Write down the 7 process areas.
Ans:

• Requirement Management,
• Project Planning,
• Project Monitoring and Control,
• Supplier Agreement and Management,
• Measurement and Analysis,
• Process and Product Quality Assurance,
• Configuration Management

8. Estimates to be done during the ______ phase.
Ans: PLANNING