CMMI® Assessments: Motivating Positive Change

Chapter 7. Planning and Preparing for an Assessment, Part 4: Assessment Team Training and Post-Training Activities

The last phases of preparation before an assessment actually begins have to do with the assessment team’s training, its pre-onsite activities (reviewing documents and other kinds of material evidence, formulating interview questions and a data collection plan), and briefing the organization participants about the upcoming assessment.

The important parts of this stage of the assessment’s preparation involve the following:

• 7.1 Assessment team training

• 7.2 The assessment team’s pre-onsite organization and activities

  • Delegating team member responsibilities

  • Establishing teamwork guidelines

  • Reviewing documents

  • Reviewing other kinds of material ...