TMMI Professional

Learning Objectives:

• Explain to management the business importance of test process improvement
• Understand the relationship of the Test Maturity Model Integration (TMMi) to the CMMi model
• Guide and advice an organization using the Test Maturity Model Integration (TMMi)
• Providing support in the interpretation of the Test Maturity Model Integration (TMMi) model
• Act as a co-assessor in informal Test Maturity Model Integration (TMMi) assessments
• Participate in programs for improving the test process within an organization

Context of Test Improvement

• Provide examples of the typical business reasons for test improvement.
• Understand the different aspects of testing that can be improved
• Summarize typical costs and benefits of the TMMi

Introduction to the TMMi Model

• Summarize the structure of the CMMI process improvement model
• Understand the aspects of the CMMI model with testing-specific relevance
• Compare the suitability of CMMI for test process improvement to the TMMi model
• Compare the continuous and staged representation including their strengths and weaknesses
• Summarize the sources, e.g., TMM, used during the development of the TMMi model
• Understand the evolution of the testing process as described by Gelperin and Hetzel
• Summarize the scope of the TMMi model

TMMi Maturity Levels

• Summarize the TMMI maturity levels and process areas
• Explain the TMMi maturity levels

Structure of the TMMi

• Summarize the components of the TMMi model
• Explain the difference between a required, expected and informative component
• Categorize the components of the TMMi model by type (required, expected, informative)
• Summarize the generic goals of the TMMi model
• Understand the two levels of institutionalization related to the generic goals GG2 and GG3
• Recognize the generic practices of both GG2 and GG3
• Summarize the relationship between TMMi and CMMI
• Explain the support of CMMI generic practices for specific TMMi process areas
• Explain the support of CMMI process areas for the TMMi process areas at the various maturity levels

TMMi model

• Summarize the TMMi level 2 process areas and specific goals
• Recognize the specific practices of the TMMi level 2 process areas
• Summarize the TMMi level 3 process areas and specific goals
• Recognize the specific practices of the TMMi level 3 process areas
• Summarize the TMMi level 4 process areas
• Recognize the specific practices of the TMMi level 4 process areas
• Summarize the TMMi level 5 process areas and specific goals
• Recognize the specific practices of the TMMi level 5 process areas

TMMi Assessments

• Explain the role of assessments with the overall improvement process
• Compare informal assessments to formal assessment
• Summarize the generic assessment process

Implementing TMMi

• Summarize the activities of the initiating phase of the improvement framework
• Summarize the key elements of a test policy
• Summarize the activities of the diagnosing phase of the improvement framework
• Summarize the activities of the establishing phase of the improvement framework
• Summarize the activities of the acting phase of the improvement framework
• Summarize the activities of the learning phase of the improvement framework
• Recognize the critical success factor for test process improvement
• Explain the risks behind not considering the critical success factors