CMMI For Acquisition (CMMI – ACQ)
CMMI for Acquisition (CMMI-ACQ) Overview
The CMMI-ACQ, V1.2 model is a collection of acquisition best practices from government and industry. CMMI-ACQ is based on the CMMI Model Foundation or CMF (i.e., model components common to all CMMI models and constellations CMMI-ACQ also incorporates work by several acquisition organizations to adapt the Development constellation for use in an acquisition organization.
Best practices in the model focus on activities for initiating and managing the acquisition of products and services that meet the needs of the customer. Although suppliers may provide artefacts useful to the processes addressed in CMMI-ACQ, the focus of the model is on the processes of the acquirer. CMMI-ACQ integrates bodies of knowledge that are essential for an acquirer.
CMMI for Acquisition (CMMI-ACQ) Benefits
Project Failure can be avoided by managing the following through the Application of CMM-ACQ Models. Following are some of the benefits from CMMI-ACQ
- Reduction in Mismanagement
- Increase in ability to articulate customer needs
- Enhanced requirements definition
- Adequate supplier selection and contracting processes
- Sufficient technology selection procedures
- Controlled requirements changes
