Relationships between CMMI (trademark) and Six Sigma

Abstract

Organizations that endeavor to improve their processes often find themselves juggling many approaches to achieve that improvement. To be most effective, all improvement initiatives selected should be implemented in an integrated fashion, not as layered or stovepiped efforts. This document focuses on the joint use of two popular improvement initiatives: Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) and Six Sigma. Successfully implementing CMMI and Six Sigma together requires an understanding of the relationships between the two. This report contains a brief summary of each initiative and then outlines the connections between frameworks commonly used in Six Sigma and the CMMI process areas. Coupling this knowledge with a conscious strategy enables an organization to create tactical plans and specific mappings to support implementation. Example strategies and tactics that organizations have used to integrate these initiatives also are provided.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA444454

Entities

People

  • Erin Harper
  • Jeannine Siviy
  • M. L. Penn

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Best Practices
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Configuration Management
  • Data Analysis
  • Engineering
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Governments
  • Life Cycles
  • Manufacturing
  • Organizational Structure
  • Project Management
  • Risk
  • Software Development
  • Standards
  • Systems Engineering
  • Thinking

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  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).