The new version of CMMI is out, and with that we’re seeing some significant changes.
Since 2001, we’ve had CMMI, which morphed into CMMI for Development. Along the way, around 2008, the good folks at the CMMI Institute brought us CMMI for Services and CMMI for Acquisition. In order to keep everything straight in the market (as if…), they called the different “flavors” of CMMI “Constellations.” For more than a decade, we had these three constellations (DEV/SVC/ACQ,) and a Lead Appraiser had to be certified in each constellation they wanted to conduct an appraisal against.
Fast forward to 2018, and we received CMMI v2.0 – the first major upgrade since 2001! CMMI v2.0 gave the online viewer, jettisoned the blue book, and replaced the word “constellation” with the word “View.” It made sense (sort of) because when a user does a search in the new viewer, they made a simple query, and the tool returned “a view” which contained all the information for either DEV, SVC, or Supplier Management (the renamed ACQ mode/constellation/view). The new version also segmented “Core” practice areas from the specific “Domain specific” practices areas….which was the genesis of the use of “Domain” as a new descriptor for ….V3.
During this time, the folks at ISACA were looking for new revenue opportunities, and they started developing some extensions to the CMMI that they slipstreamed in the system (creating mass confusion) so they could get some feedback from the community.
In 2023 V3.0 came out (the second major update in 22 years!), and the new version included these extensions as new DOMAINS (formerly called tiers, formerly called constellations, formerly called models….). A company could now choose to be appraised in up to eight different domains:
The new version of CMMI is out, and with that we’re seeing some significant changes.
Since 2001, we’ve had CMMI, which morphed into CMMI for Development. Along the way, around 2008, the good folks at the CMMI Institute brought us CMMI for Services and CMMI for Acquisition. In order to keep everything straight in the market (as if…), they called the different “flavors” of CMMI “Constellations.” For more than a decade, we had these three constellations (DEV/SVC/ACQ,) and a Lead Appraiser had to be certified in each constellation they wanted to conduct an appraisal against.
Fast forward to 2018, and we received CMMI v2.0 – the first major upgrade since 2001! CMMI v2.0 gave the online viewer, jettisoned the blue book, and replaced the word “constellation” with the word “View.” It made sense (sort of) because when a user does a search in the new viewer, they made a simple query, and the tool returned “a view” which contained all the information for either DEV, SVC, or Supplier Management (the renamed ACQ mode/constellation/view). The new version also segmented “Core” practice areas from the specific “Domain specific” practices areas….which was the genesis of the use of “Domain” as a new descriptor for ….V3.
During this time, the folks at ISACA were looking for new revenue opportunities, and they started developing some extensions to the CMMI that they slipstreamed in the system (creating mass confusion) so they could get some feedback from the community.
In 2023 V3.0 came out (the second major update in 22 years!), and the new version included these extensions as new DOMAINS (formerly called tiers, formerly called constellations, formerly called models….). A company could now choose to be appraised in up to eight different domains:
Development
Services
Supplier
Security
Safety
People
Data
Virtual
Lead Appraisers need to be certified in all of the domains they wish to Appraise. The process for achieving Certification is a maze of experience, training, testing, and applications.
Come back for my next post where I’ll be starting to describe the details of each of the Domains. Thanks!
Development
Services
Supplier
Security
Safety
People
Data
Virtual
Lead Appraisers need to be certified in all of the domains they wish to Appraise. The process for achieving Certification is a maze of experience, training, testing, and applications.
Come back for my next post where I’ll be starting to describe the details of each of the Domains. Thanks
Jeff Dalton, Lead Appraiser
Broadsword Solutions Corporation
in**@br****************.com
