Process
Areas
(staged)

Level 2
 
REQM
 PP
 PMC
 SAM
 MA
 PPQA
 CM
Level 3
 
RD
 TS
 PI
 VER 
 VAL 
 OPF
 OPD
 OT
 IPM
 RSKM
 DAR
Level 4
 
OPP
 QPM
Level 5 
 
OPM 
 CAR

 GP 2.9 Objectively Evaluate Adherence 
GoalGG 2
PracticeGP 2.8

Objectively evaluate adherence of the process and selected work products against the process description, standards, and procedures, and address noncompliance.

The purpose of this generic practice is to provide credible assurance that the process and selected work products are implemented as planned and adhere to the process description, standards, and procedures. (See the definition of “objectively evaluate” in the glossary.)

Refer to the Process and Product Quality Assurance process area for more information about objectively evaluating processes and work products.

People not directly responsible for managing or performing the activities of the process typically evaluate adherence. In many cases, adherence is evaluated by people in the organization, but external to the process or project, or by people external to the organization. As a result, credible assurance of adherence can be provided even during times when the process is under stress (e.g., when the effort is behind schedule, when the effort is over budget).

CAR Elaboration

Examples of activities reviewed include the following:

· Determining causes of outcomes

· Evaluating results of action plans

 

Examples of work products reviewed include the following:

· Action proposals selected for implementation

· Causal analysis and resolution records

 

CM Elaboration

Examples of activities reviewed include the following:

· Establishing baselines

· Tracking and controlling changes

· Establishing and maintaining the integrity of baselines

 

Examples of work products reviewed include the following:

· Archives of baselines

· Change request database

 

DAR Elaboration

Examples of activities reviewed include the following:

· Evaluating alternatives using established criteria and methods

 

Examples of work products reviewed include the following:

· Guidelines for when to apply a formal evaluation process

· Evaluation reports containing recommended solutions

 

IPM Elaboration

Examples of activities reviewed include the following:

· Establishing, maintaining, and using the project’s defined process

· Coordinating and collaborating with relevant stakeholders

· Using the project's shared vision

· Organizing teams

 

Examples of work products reviewed include the following:

· Project’s defined process

· Project plans

· Other plans that affect the project

· Work environment standards

· Shared vision statements

· Team structure

· Team charters

 

MA Elaboration

Examples of activities reviewed include the following:

· Aligning measurement and analysis activities

· Providing measurement results

 

Examples of work products reviewed include the following:

· Specifications of base and derived measures

· Data collection and storage procedures

· Analysis results and draft reports

 

OPD Elaboration

Examples of activities reviewed include the following:

· Establishing organizational process assets

· Determining rules and guidelines for structuring and forming teams

 

Examples of work products reviewed include the following:

· Organization’s set of standard processes

· Descriptions of lifecycle models

· Tailoring guidelines for the organization’s set of standard processes

· Organization’s measurement data

· Empowerment rules and guidelines for people and teams

· Organizational process documentation

 

OPF Elaboration

Examples of activities reviewed include the following:

· Determining process improvement opportunities

· Planning and coordinating process improvement activities

· Deploying the organization’s set of standard processes on projects at their startup

 

Examples of work products reviewed include the following:

· Process improvement plans

· Process action plans

· Process deployment plans

· Plans for the organization’s process appraisals

 

OPM Elaboration

Examples of activities reviewed include the following:

· Analyzing process performance data to determine the organization’s ability to meet identified business objectives

· Selecting improvements using quantitative analysis

· Deploying improvements

· Measuring effectiveness of the deployed improvements using statistical and other quantitative techniques

 

Examples of work products reviewed include the following:

· Improvement proposals

· Deployment plans

· Revised improvement measures, objectives, priorities, and deployment plans

· Updated process documentation and training material

 

OPP Elaboration

Examples of activities reviewed include the following:

· Establishing process performance baselines and models

 

Examples of work products reviewed include the following:

· Process performance baselines

· Organization’s quality and process performance objectives

· Definitions of the selected measures of process performance

 

OT Elaboration

Examples of activities reviewed include the following:

· Identifying training needs and making training available

· Providing necessary training

 

Examples of work products reviewed include the following:

· Organizational training tactical plan

· Training materials and supporting artifacts

· Instructor evaluation forms

 

PI Elaboration

Examples of activities reviewed include the following:

· Establishing and maintaining a product integration strategy

· Ensuring interface compatibility

· Assembling product components and delivering the product

 

Examples of work products reviewed include the following:

· Product integration strategy

· Product integration procedures and criteria

· Acceptance documents for the received product components

· Assembled product and product components

 

PMC Elaboration

Examples of activities reviewed include the following:

· Monitoring project progress and performance against the project plan

· Managing corrective actions to closure

 

Examples of work products reviewed include the following:

· Records of project progress and performance

· Project review results

 

PP Elaboration

Examples of activities reviewed include the following:

· Establishing estimates

· Developing the project plan

· Obtaining commitments to the project plan

 

Examples of work products reviewed include the following:

· WBS

· Project plan

· Data management plan

· Stakeholder involvement plan

 

PPQA Elaboration

Examples of activities reviewed include the following:

· Objectively evaluating processes and work products

· Tracking and communicating noncompliance issues

 

Examples of work products reviewed include the following:

· Noncompliance reports

· Evaluation logs and reports

 

QPM Elaboration

Examples of activities reviewed include the following:

· Managing the project using quality and process performance objectives

· Managing selected subprocesses using statistical and other quantitative techniques

 

Examples of work products reviewed include the following:

· Compositions of the project’s defined process

· Operational definitions of the measures

· Process performance analyses reports

· Collected measurements

 

RD Elaboration

Examples of activities reviewed include the following:

· Collecting stakeholder needs

· Formulating product and product component functional and quality attribute requirements

· Formulating architectural requirements that specify how product components are organized and designed to achieve particular end-to-end functional and quality attribute requirements

· Analyzing and validating product and product component requirements

 

Examples of work products reviewed include the following:

· Product requirements

· Product component requirements

· Interface requirements

· Definition of required functionality and quality attributes

· Architecturally significant quality attribute requirements

 

REQM Elaboration

Examples of activities reviewed include the following:

· Managing requirements

· Ensuring alignment among project plans, work products, and requirements

 

Examples of work products reviewed include the following:

· Requirements

· Requirements traceability matrix

 

RSKM Elaboration

Examples of activities reviewed include the following:

· Establishing and maintaining a risk management strategy

· Identifying and analyzing risks

· Mitigating risks

 

Examples of work products reviewed include the following:

· Risk management strategy

· Risk mitigation plans

 

SAM Elaboration

Examples of activities reviewed include the following:

· Establishing and maintaining supplier agreements

· Satisfying supplier agreements

 

Examples of work products reviewed include the following:

· Plan for supplier agreement management

· Supplier agreements

 

TS Elaboration

Examples of activities reviewed include the following:

· Selecting product component solutions

· Developing product and product component designs

· Implementing product component designs

 

Examples of work products reviewed include the following:

· Technical data packages

· Product, product component, and interface designs

· Implemented designs (e.g., software code, fabricated product components)

· User, installation, operation, and maintenance documentation

 

VAL Elaboration

Examples of activities reviewed include the following:

· Selecting the products and product components to be validated

· Establishing and maintaining validation methods, procedures, and criteria

· Validating products or product components

 

Examples of work products reviewed include the following:

· Validation methods

· Validation procedures

· Validation criteria

 

VER Elaboration

Examples of activities reviewed include the following:

· Selecting work products for verification

· Establishing and maintaining verification procedures and criteria

· Performing peer reviews

· Verifying selected work products

 

Examples of work products reviewed include the following:

· Verification procedures and criteria

· Peer review checklists

· Verification reports




Process
Areas
(continuous)


Process
management  
 
OPF
 OPD
 OT  
 
OPP  
 OPM

Project
management
 
PP
 PMC 
 REQM 
 
SAM  
 
IPM
 RSKM
 
QPM

Engineering
 
RD 
 TS
 PI
 VER 
 VAL
Support
 
CM
 PPQA
 MA
 
DAR
 CAR