CMMI Level 3 Process-Improvement Roadmap for a Defense Subcontractor
Overview
What this challenge is about.
Read the company's current process documentation + recent CMMI Level 2 appraisal report. Run a gap analysis against the 11 additional Level 3 process areas (Requirements Development, Technical Solution, Product Integration, Verification, Validation, Organizational Process Focus, Organizational Process Definition, Organizational Training, Integrated Project Management, Risk Management, Decision Analysis and Resolution). For each, score current state (0-3) with evidence. Author a 12-month roadmap sequencing implementation by dependency + business value. Run a 3-month pilot on Risk Management with 2 projects: define process, train, deploy, measure adoption + outcome. Author a 1-page executive-sponsor memo with cost + appraisal-readiness timeline. Deliver gap analysis, roadmap, pilot report, and sponsor memo.
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
Design a 12-month CMMI Level 3 process-improvement roadmap and prove it with a 3-month Risk Management pilot.
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Apply CMMI Level 3 process areas to a real organization
- Run a gap analysis with evidence-backed maturity scoring
- Design a process-improvement pilot that proves value before scale
- Communicate process-improvement cost + timeline to a non-technical sponsor
Program Fit
Where this fits in your program.
Sharpens the same skills your degree expects you to demonstrate.
Skills
Skills you'll demonstrate.
Each one shows up on your verified credential.
Careers
Roles this prepares you for.
Real titles. Real skill bridges. Pick the one closest to your trajectory.
Product Manager
Product managers who understand CMMI Level 3 in defense contexts navigate contract requirements and roadmap commitments more credibly than peers.
This challenge sharpens
- cmmi
- process-models
- stakeholder-communication