KPA at each Process Maturity Level

KPAs should be achieved at each process maturity level which are given below:

Process maturity level 2

1.     Software quality assurance
2.     Software configuration management
3.     Software project planning
4.     Software project oversight and tracking
5.     Requirement management
6.     Software subcontract management

Process maturity level 3

1.     Training program
2.     Organization process definition
3.     Software product engineering
4.     Integrated software management
5.     Organization process focus
6.     Peer reviews
7.     Inter group coordination

Process maturity level 4

1.     Process change management
2.     Technology change management
3.     Defect prevention
4.     Software quality management
5.     Quantitative process management

Process maturity level 5

Each of the    KPAs is describe through a group of key practices which contribute to satisfying its target.  The key practices are policies, process, and activities that must occur before a key procedure field has been fully instituted.  The SEI   describes key indicators as those key practices or components of key practices which offer the greatest insight into whether the targets of a key process area have achieved.  Assessment questions are designed to probe for the existence (or lack thereof) of a key indicator.