Building Organizational Capability (with Dragons)
The official CMMI® Institute certified course, packed with our special bonuses
Why Take This COurse
You'd like to pave the way for better performance ("actual results") in your organization. To help with this, you want to learn about arguably the world's leading performance improvement framework. This is the most comprehensive CMMI course available and is the only one that will help qualify you to serve on an appraisal covering any of the CMMI's eight domains.
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Plus, no prerequisites needed. How cool is that?​
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This four-day course is the premium CMMI experience.
Who Should Attend
This class should be attended by:
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Anyone interested in improving the performance of any organization
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Anybody starting their CMMI career journey as an Appraisal Team Member (ATM)
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Anyone else heavily involved in CMMI-based improvement
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Anybody interested in becoming a Certified CMMI Practitioner or Certified CMMI Professional.
What You'll Learn
By the end of the course, you should be able to:
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Connect the CMMI with business value
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Use the CMMI as a tool for improving performance
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Describe the components of the CMMI -- including the core content plus all domains: Development, Services, Suppliers, Security, Safety, Data, People, and Virtual
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Use the various CMMI domains effectively to assess, improve, and sustain process capability in different organizational contexts
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Illustrate the high-level value of a CMMI appraisal
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Know what it takes to be Maturity Level 2, 3, and beyond
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Know where to find information in the model
What You'll WALK AWAY WITH
The standard stuff. You'll get these from any Certified CMMI Instructor:
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​Certificate of Completion
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Online Model Viewer access for 30 days
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One Exam Credit to take the CMMI Practitioner Certification Exam
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Certification as a CMMI Practitioner upon passing the exam
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Prerequisite for serving on a CMMI appraisal team appraising for any domains
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Online access to all standard CMMI Institute slides and exercises
PLUS - Only When We Teach It
​Online access to our proprietary 120-question practice CMMI Practitioner Exam. (See 5 sample questions.)
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Membership in our exclusive Alumni Club,The Dragon's Den. Containing exam tips, more than a dozen CMMI crossword puzzles, and a forum for questions
Electronic binders of our more than 700 original, sumptuously-illustrated class slides.
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Fourteen bonus exercises you can try after class, to fine-tune your CMMI skills for the Exam
Our proprietary 36-page CMMI Quick Reference Guide, listing every practice in the model in one handy pdf
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Our famous CMMI Cheat Sheets: six pages of the most useful CMMI graphics around
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ISACA's 83-page Adoption Guidance document, describing how to implement CMMI in your organization
Agenda
DAY 1​
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01 Welcome
02 Performance Excellence & CMMI
03 CMMI Model Structure
04 CMMI Performance Solutions Ecosystem
05 Engineering & Developing Products
(featuring Robots)
TS PI
06 Delivering & Managing Services
(featuring Steampunk Llamas)
SDM STSM
DAY 2​
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07 Ensuring Quality (featuring Vikings)
RDM VV PR PQA
08 Planning & Managing Work (featuring Aliens)
EST PLAN MC
09 Selecting & Managing Suppliers (feat. Gnomes)
SAM
10 Managing Business Resilience (featuring Dragons)
RSK IRP CONT
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DAY 3
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11 Managing the Workforce (featuring Dinosaurs)​
OT WE EVW
12 Supporting Implementation (featuring Fairies)
DAR CAR CM
13 Managing Data (featuring Yeti)
DM DQ
14 Managing Security & Safety (featuring Unicorns)
ESAF ESEC MST
DAY 4
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15 Improving Performance (featuring Pirates)​
PCM PAD MPM
16 Sustaining Habit & Persistence (feat. Wizards)
GOV II
17 Goblin Alert
18 Levels
19 Appraisals
20 Next Steps