SCAMPI Lead AppraiserSM Body of Knowledge (SLA BOK) Overview 
Steve Masters
Competency Development Manager, CMMI Appraisal Team
SEI

Introduction:

The Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI SM ) is designed to provide benchmark quality ratings relative to Capability Maturity Model Ò Integration (CMMI Ò ) models. The role of the SCAMPI Lead Appraiser has developed into a distinct profession that encompasses a wide and deep array of competencies. The SLA BOK provides a multi-dimensional view of the competencies and associated skills required to be a successful SCAMPI Lead Appraiser. The SLA BOK is a driver for the SEI Appraisal Program's approach to ensure quality of SCAMPI appraisals. It establishes a comprehensive basis for curriculum, training, certification, observation, and quality assurance programs.   There is a natural interface to the SPIBOK as a key role of SCAMPI Lead Appraisers is to facilitate process improvement within organizations. Many of the competencies and associated skills required of a SCAMPI Lead Appraiser would be equally important to process improvement practitioners. In addition, the SLA BOK is organized by competency clusters and knowledge areas and the architecture provided was a very convenient way to document the many different knowledge, skills, and abilities that a SCAMPI Lead Appraiser should have. A similar architecture would seem to be very helpful in articulating the competencies required of a process improvement professional.

Participants will learn:

Participants will be provided with an overview of the SLA BOK including the objectives for creating it, the approach taken in development, the way it is being used in practice, as well as the architecture and content. Participants will benefit by understanding what the SLA BOK is all about and potentially using the content as well as the development approach to assist in the development of the SPIBOK

Outline:

• What the SLA BOK is (and is not)
• Audience for the SLA BOK
• SLA BOK development process
• Uses of the SLA BOK
• Architecture of the SLA BOK
• SLA BOK interpretation and use guidelines Evolution of high maturity skills SLA BOK next steps

Biography:

Steve Masters is the Competency Development Manager for the CMMI â Appraisal Team at the Software Engineering Institute and is responsible for baselining and enabling best practices for SCAMPI Lead Appraisers. Since joining the SEI in 1987, Masters has been involved in developing, teaching, and practicing process appraisal techniques including being Project Manager for the development of the SCAMPI Lead Appraiser SM Body of Knowledge (SLA BOK).

Masters is a SEI-certified SCAMPI SM High Maturity Lead Appraiser, has led or participated on over 30 class A appraisals, and is an instructor of the SCAMPI Lead Appraiser Training and SCAMPI B&C Team Leader Training courses. Masters is also an SEI-authorized instructor of the Introduction to CMMI and Intermediate Concepts of CMMI courses.

Masters has co-authored several SEI reports including SCAMPI Lead Appraiser Body of Knowledge (SLA BOK) (CMU/SEI-2007-TR-019), Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI)A, Version 1.2: Method Definition Document (CMU/SEI-2006-HB-002), CMMI-Based Professional Certifications: The Competency Lifecycle Framework (CMU/SEI-2004-SR-013), CMM ® -Based Appraisal for Internal Process Improvement (CBA IPI): Method Description (CMU/SEI-96-TR-007), and CMM Appraisal Framework, Version 1.0 (CMU/SEI-95-TR-001).