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Activity:

Review Action and Verify Resolution (CMMI Level 3 : VER 2.2 )

Participating Roles

Responsible:

Business Analyst

Project Manager

Accountable:

Project Manager

Overview

Entry Criteria

  • An issue moves into the resolved state.
  • An issue work item with detailed history of the problem and updated status.
  • The original issue analysis detailing symptoms, root cause, workarounds and core problem elimination process improvement suggestion.
  • An original corrective action plan determined in the Analyze Issue step (for comparison against actually executed correction action tasks).

Sub-Activities

1

Meet With Team Members

  • Identify all the team members affected by the issue or corrective action tasks and bring them together (in person, by phone, or virtual meeting) for a brief review.

2

Consider Original Issue

  • Discuss the original issue and any affected blocked project work items.
  • Has the corrective action plan worked? Has the issue been resolved? Have the blocked work items been unblocked?
  • If not, then rework the corrective action tasks and reassign to appropriate team members.
  • If so, then record the results in the corrective action log. Record any deviation from original corrective action plan determined in the Analyze Issue step. This information can be used at a future retrospective to provide learning and suggest improvements in analysis techniques or staff training.

Exit Criteria

A log of the corrective action review recording the findings of the review and logging any deviation between the original issue analysis and what was actually required to resolve it.

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