Introduction to the People Capability Maturity Model® - Training Course

This is the official “Introduction to the People Capability Maturity Model®” training course from the Carnegie Mellon University.

As an SEI Authorized Instructor for the People CMM®, Yan Bello delivers this official course around the world, in open offerings and in-company, with the sponsorship of SpaceMinds SL. (SEI-Partner for the People CMM®) and other SEI-Partners for the People CMM® worldwide.

Course description

This three-day course introduces those who are involved in improving workforce management practices or managing technical professionals to the People Capability Maturity Model® (People CMM), Version 2.0, its fundamental concepts, and the value it can bring to organizations using it. The People CMM is a framework that organizations can use to guide attracting, motivating, and retaining a talented technical staff. The practices in the model help an organization be an employer of choice and ensure that the staff has the competencies to achieve an organization's current and future business objectives.

The course is composed of lectures and class exercises with ample opportunity for participant questions and discussions. After attending the course, participants will be able to understand the practices described in the People CMM Version 2 framework and how these practices can be used to improve the workforce management capabilities of their organization. Participants will also be able to describe an organization's ability to develop and evolve its workforce at each maturity level.

This course is a prerequisite for the Intermediate Concepts of the People CMM course, People CMM Assessment Team Training, and People CMM Lead Appraiser Training.

Audience

Executives, managers, human resources staff and professionals who are involved in improving workforce management practices or managing technical professionals
Those involved with human capital management or planning
Engineering process group (e.g., EPG, SEPG) members
Potential sponsors of process improvement activities
Those who want to qualify for People CMM Assessment Team Training or People CMM Lead Appraiser Training
Those who aspire to be managers of technical professionals

Topics

Understanding and using the People CMM framework
Common themes
Process Area interrelationships
People CMM interpretation
Process improvement infrastructure
Assessments using the People CMM
How others have benefited from using the People CMM
The future of the People CMM

Objectives

This course will help participants to

Understand how each process area is designed
Understand People CMM structure and the value of the People CMM framework
Understand how to apply the People CMM framework in different types of organizations
Evaluate whether an organization's existing workforce practices accomplish the goals of each process area
Understand how managers and organizations behave at each of the five maturity levels in the model
Understand how an organization can use the People CMM framework to collaboratively evolve its workforce practices

Course materials

On the first day of the course, participants will receive the book “The People Capability Maturity Model, Guidelines for Improving the Workforce”, the official Carnegie Mellon University-SEI course notebook, and companion exercises.

Course work

Reading homework is required the first and second evenings of the course.

Certificate from Carnegie Mellon University

Participants successfully completing the Introduction to the People CMM® Course will receive a Certificate from the Carnegie Mellon University.

More about the People CMM®

People CMM® was developed under the leadership of the Software Engineering Institute of the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, USA. It was inspired by the success of its sister CMM® models, such as the CMM®-SW, and developed to address additional areas of organizational performance and improvement not covered by other maturity models. Read more

® Capability Maturity Model and CMM are registered trademarks in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by Carnegie Mellon University.