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CM+ CMII Profile
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CMII® for Software with CM+
CM+ is certified as the only SCM tool supporting the CMII
process model. For more information on CMII visit icmhq.com
CM+ CMII Profile
The CMII Profile for CM+ Enterprise provides unprecedented support for software
development using ICM’s CMII Process Model. With all the benefits of CM+
Enterprise, the CMII Profile is pre-configured and ready to use out-of-the-box.
End-to-end CMII process manages Requirements, Problem Reports, Feature
Requests, Tasks, Documents, Meetings, ECRs, ECNs, Updates, Work Authorizations,
Deviations and Waivers.
ROLE BASED USER INTERFACE
As a change specialist, a project manager, or a developer, CM+ allows you to
quickly zero in on your assigned tasks. Interactive dashboards give an overview
of the project and allow you to zoom-in to the details, or make changes as
necessary. Role-specific tabs prepare queries and graphs without you having to
ask for them. End-to-end traceability is provided through dashboards and
click-through displays.
STATE FLOW, PROMOTION LEVELS
State flows define the set of promotion levels (i.e. states) through which each
CMII entity traverses. Transitions between states are guarded by permissions.
Additional rules and triggers help to ensure conformance to CMII best
practices. Color-coded states used on displays, interactive graphs and gantt
charts give visual promotion level feedback.
Key Software CMII Features
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Integrated CMII Process Guidance
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Software changes packaged as Updates
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Advanced Software Baseline View
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Color-coded State Flow, Promotion Levels
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Integrated Requirements Management
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Interactive Role-Based Dashboards
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Impact Tracking and Entity Traceability
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4th Generation CM+ Enterprise Features
REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT
Insert product requirements into the requirements tree. Create test cases linked
to a each requirement. Allocate system level and software/hardware level
requirements, traceable back to product requirements. Add attachments, enter or
modify text, all under change control. Create and compare requirements
baselines.
SOFTWARE UPDATES
CM+ uses Updates to package files implementing an ECR. Such change packages are
central to any modern SCM tool, allowing single operation check-in, promotion,
delta report (i.e. DCR) generation and merging of changes between releases. The
update is also the central point of traceability to the source code changes
back through the ECRs, Requirements and Requests, and forward through the ECNs
and verification. Both ECN and Baseline definition are facilitated by update
promotion.
SOFTWARE BASELINE VIEWS
The Baseline View, a pillar of CMII, shows how applying a sequence of ECNs,
effectively software builds, to the baseline causes the baseline to evolve. CM+
shading, showing baseline changes, is colorcoded, based on the ECN status. The
ECN’s updates and their states, are shown in a partition of the baseline view
applicable to software. To navigate the typical large volume of software
changes, CM+ allows scoping the baseline view by expanding or collapsing the
parallel source tree representing your workspace.
PROCESS GUIDANCE
CM+ includes CMII process guidance. CMII workflow outlines the flow of a
problem report, feature request, ECR and ECN. State flow charts describe each
CMII entity. CMII role definitions allow users to better understand CMII, and
facilitate fast track operations. The documented actions applicable to each
entity round out the guidance. Overview diagrams clarify differences between
hardware and software within the context of CMII.
CRB AND CIB MEETINGS
Run CRB and CIB meetings with CM+. Schedule them and assign invitees and agenda
items. Use a dashboard at the meeting, to zoom into the agenda items in detail,
and to capture meeting decisions. As items are approved, they appear instantly
on the team’s to-do lists. Email can also be triggered from decision-making
actions.
IMPACT ANALYSIS
Use CM+ to identify and capture both requirement and item impact of a change
request (ECR) as requirement and software item updates. Browse through an ECR
dashboard and quickly review both the status and the impact matrix, in terms of
updates, requirements and software items. ECN dashboards allow browse through
and review of the consolidated impact matrix for any ECN.
4TH GENERATION CM+ ENTERPRISE
CM+ Enterprise is the industry’s only 4th Generation SCM tool, and the only one
that is CMII Certified. The CMII Profile brings CM+ benefits to CMII Software
projects: Seamless integration of all CMII functions; Mission-critical
reliability; Near-zero administration; High performance; Extensive
customization capabilities; and Ease-of-use for developers and managers. CM+
MultiSite lets your projects go global.
Looking to extend CMII to your software projects? Looking for the best in SCM
process? CMII Profile for CM+.
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