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TPI NEXT CLUSTERS FOR CMMI
RIK MARSELIS & RALF VAN DER VEN


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WHITE PAPER
TPI NEXT CLUSTERS FOR CMMI
Rik Marselis & Ralf van der Ven
Version: 1.0
16 November 2009


Whitepaper: TPI NEXT Clusters for CMMI
16 November 2009 version: 1.0 1
CONTENTS
CONTENTS .................................................................................... 1
1
Introduction ......................................................................................... 2
2
Brief introduction to TPI NEXT ................................................................... 3
3
BDTPI can help CMMI assessments and improvements ....................................... 4
3.1
Specific BDTPI clusters for achieving CMMI levels .................................. 4
3.2
The CMMI level of a test process is measured, not the CMMI practices for
testing ...................................................................................... 4
3.3
Terms of CMMI and TPI NEXT compared .............................................. 4
3.4
Both models have a continuous and a staged representation .................... 5
3.5
BDTPI used in a continuous and CMMI in a staged representation ............... 6
3.6
Approach for setting up the mapping ................................................. 6
4
Mapping BDTPI to CMMI ........................................................................... 8
4.1
Introduction ............................................................................... 8
4.2
Graphic representation .................................................................. 8
4.3
BDTPI Key areas and Checkpoints as the starting point ......................... 10
4.4
Elaboration and explanation .......................................................... 24
5
Mapping CMMI to BDTPI ......................................................................... 25
5.1
Introduction ............................................................................. 25
5.2
CMMI Goals and practices as the starting point ................................... 26
5.3
Elaboration and explanation .......................................................... 35
6
Appendices ........................................................................................ 36
6.1
Bibliography ............................................................................. 36
6.2
About the authors ...................................................................... 36
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