Comparing

CMMI

and OPM3

Pat Wegerson
02 April 2009
CMMI

is a Registered Trademark of the Software Engineering Institute

OPM3

is a Registered Trademark of the Project Management Institute

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Agenda
Introduction
OPM3 Review
CMMI Review
Similarities of CMMI and OPM3
Differences of CMMI and OPM3
Summary
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Introduction
Best Practice models describe an ideal
organization and its operation
Best Practice models useful for:
Information / Knowledge
Appraisal / Assessment
Improvement Guide
All models are wrong, but some are
useful. - George Box
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Introduction -2
Parent of maturity models Philip Crosby
Wrote Quality is Free in 1979
Crosbys Quality Management Maturity Grid:
Uncertainty
Awakening
Enlightenment
Wisdom
Certainty
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OPM3 Review
Organizational Project Management
Maturity Model (OPM3)
First released in 2003
Built upon Project Management Body of
Knowledge (PMBOK

)
Standards first released 1987
Guide first released 1996
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OPM3 Review -2
Created & Maintained by PMI (Project
Management Institute)
Not for profit private institute
Best practices work in project management
OPM3 focus is on organizational integration of:
Project
Program
Portfolio
OPM3 defines 4 stages of maturity
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OPM3 Review -3
OPM3 defines 4 stages of maturity
Standardize
Measure
Control
Continuously Improve
OPM3 matrixes maturity stages,
project/program/portfolio, and incremental
capabilities
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OPM3 Review -4
OPM3 model and PMBOK Guide provide
information / knowledge of best practices
OPM3 includes assessment process
information
OPM3 model includes improvement
process
PMI provides many related resources
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CMMI Review
Capability Maturity Model

Integration
First released in 2000
Evolved from CMM

for Software
Initial version in 1987
First released 1993
Integrates Best Practices from
Software Engineering
Systems Engineering (EIA-731)
Acquisition
Other disciplines (e.g., project management)
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CMMI Review -2
Created & Maintained by SEI (Software
Engineering Institute)
Federally funded Research & Development Center
since 1984
Best practices work in management, engineering, and
acquisition
CMMI focus is Process & Process Improvement
CMMI

defines 5 stages of maturity

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CMMI Review -3
CMMI differentiates Best Practices
between organization and project(s), i.e.
Organizational
Training (ML3)
Process Focus (ML3)
Process Definition (ML3)
Process Performance (ML4)
Innovation & Deployment (ML5)

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CMMI Review -4
CMMI model provides information /
knowledge of best practices
Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for
Process Improvement (SCAMPI
SM
)
provides assessment process
CMMI model and related SEI resources
(e.g., IDEAL model) provide improvement
process
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CMMI Review: Model Structure
Process Area
Generic Practices Generic Practices
Generic Goals Generic Goals
Expected Informative
Informative Required
KEY:
Purpose
Statement
Introductory
Notes
Related
Process Areas
Subpractices Subpractices
Specific Goals
Specific Goals
Specific Practices Specific Practices
Typical Work
Products
Typical Work
Products
Subpractices Subpractices Subpractices
Generic Practice
Elaborations
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Similarities: CMMI & OPM3
Summarize & organize best practices as a
framework
Neither are prescriptive
Based on (approx.) 5 levels of process
maturity
See Crosbys maturity grid
Levels build on each other cant skip
foundational best practices!
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Similarities: CMMI & OPM3 -2
Not specific to a particular industry
Both have extensions or constellations for
particular applications
Differentiate organizational from project
levels of application
See PMI Project Management Body of
Knowledge (PMBOK

Guide) for project

details
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Similarities: Maturity Levels
Maturity
Levels
CMMI OPM3
5 Optimizing Continuously
Improve
4 Quantitatively
Managed
Control
3 Defined Measure
2 Managed Standardize
1 Initial <none>
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Similarities: Model Structure -2

Equivalence
CMMI PMBOK
Major
Categories
Process Groups Process Areas
Significant
Activities
Process Areas Knowledge
Areas
Specific Tasks
to Accomplish
Goals / Practices Processes
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Similarities: Model Structure
Equivalence CMMI OPM3
Optimal Way to
Objective
Goals Best Practices
Specific
Competency
Specific/Generic
Practices
Capabilities
Tangible /
Intangible Result
Subpractices /
Work Products
Outcomes
Quantitative /
Qualitative
Criterion
Practice
Implementation
Indicators
Key
Performance
Indicators
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Similarities: Structure Examples
OPM3 Best Practice:
Manage Project Resource Pool
Capability: Match Project Resource
Requirements
CMMI (Generic) Goal:
Institutionalize a Managed Process
Generic Practice: Provide Resources
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Differences
Accessibility:
CMMI is federally funded many resources
are free
OPM3 is PMI funded very tightly controlled
Focus:
CMMI focus is operational implementation of
processes
OPM3 emphasis is linking project / program /
portfolio to organization strategic objectives
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Differences -2
CMMI has 3 constellations:
Development
Acquisition
Services (just released)
CMMI has 2 representations:
Staged (=> 5 Maturity Levels)
Continuous (=> 6 Capability Levels)
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Differences -3
OPM3 defines a matrixed 3 dimensional
maturity progression
Process improvement progression stages
Comparable to CMMI Maturity Levels
Organizational domains:
Project
Program
Portfolio
Incremental Capabilities progression
Somewhat like CMMI Capability Levels
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Summary
CMMI & OPM3 are well-defined, useful
models
Both CMMI & OPM3 provide knowledge,
assessment, and improvement resources
Significant similarities in purpose and
structure of CMMI & OPM3
Manageable differences between CMMI &
OPM3
Can apply either or both successfully!
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Questions?
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References / Resources
An Executives Guide to OPM3

; Project Management Institute (PMI),

2004.
Comparing CMMI

and OPM3

; John L. Sullivan, 01/16/2007;

http://www.allpm.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1659
OPM3

and CMMI

: A Preliminary Integration; Mark A. Ward, 2007;

http://www.pmi-
adsig.org/Documents/Webinar%20OPM3%20and%20CMMI%20Integration.pdf
CMMI

and OPM3

; The Cahaba Group LLC, 2004;

http://www.pmimontgomery.org/pdf/Presentations/2004_10%20TCG%20PMI%20Pre
sentation.pdf
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge PMBOK
GuideFourth Edition, PMI, 2008.
CMMI: Guidelines for Process Integration and Product Improvement,
Second Edition; Chrissis, Mary Beth et. al., Addison-Wesley, 2006.