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Activity:

Plan Knowledge and Skills (CMMI Level 2 : PP 2.5 )

Participating Roles

Responsible:

Project Manager

Accountable:

Project Manager

Consult:

Any

Informed:

Any

Overview

Entry Criteria

  • The proposed list of iteration work items.
  • A document summarizing the skills of available team members.
  • Feedback from peer reviews in any previous iterations. This may highlight some skill deficiencies.
  • Reports from previous iterations. These may highlight skill gaps such as poor test coverage through lack of training.

Sub-Activities

1

Assess Knowledge and Skills

  • Analyze the work items on the planned iteration backlog and assess the knowledge and skills required to complete each item.

2

Determine Gap Analysis

  • Make a gap analysis of the skills and knowledge required against the current project team members.

3

Make Gap Closing Suggestion

  • Suggest training and/or drafting of alternative team members to close the identified skills gap (if any).

Exit Criteria

A list of the skills required to complete the iteration.

The gap analysis of missing skills and suggested solutions including training or requests for additional team members.

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