OPD

Organisation Process Definition

Introduction:
This process area is responsible for the Production and Maintenance of any Process Documentation used within the
organization.
This area is directly related to Software Quality Assurance.
Appropriate processes are defined within the Organizational Process Definition (OPD) Process Area.
One major process description that is documented is the SDLC, it is important to note that under CMMi a number of
SDLC's could be documented and then chosen, as being appropriate for a given project.
Many people associate the Water Fall model with CMMI but, within the Organizational Process Definition (OPD)
Process Area, other SDLC's can be defined including:-
o Waterfall
o Spiral
o Evolutionary
o Incremental
o Iterative
The role of OPD Organizational Process Definition would be to make sure each of these processes were
defined (using standard templates) and then Project Management would select a suitable SDLC process.
Finally Software Quality Assurance (Process and Product Quality Assurance, PPQA, under CMMi) would
verify that the selected SDLC was indeed being followed.