Realizing that an organization’s CMMI level impacts an
organization’s success on requests for proposals (RFPs), your CIO wants to get
the software development processes to CMMI level 3. Your organization has
started developing software applications and database systems for their
customers. The CIO wants to ensure that the software development and database
development processes are being properly managed and audited, and he wants to
ensure that the organization begins taking the necessary steps to progress to
CMMI level 3. In preparation for your response, review the CMMI information
available at the Carnegie Mellon Website, located athttp://www.sei.cmu.edu/cmmi/.
IT managers will commonly manage software development and systems integration
activities. Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:
1.
Describe the software
engineering process, the challenges in managing software development
activities, and the potential interface issues from the software development
perspective.
2.
Analyze the CMMI levels and
define a roadmap that the organization will need to follow in order to get
their software development processes to CMMI level 3. Note: This is important
because the CMMI level that an organization achieves impacts their software
development reputation.
3.
Explain the auditing tasks
that must be performed in order to achieve level 3.
4.
Determine the continuous
assurance auditing activities that the organization will need to implement to
help achieve CMMI level 3.
5.
Analyze the ITIL service
management guidelines and principles.
6.
Examine how ITIL service
management practices relate to CMMI levels and continuous service auditing.
7.
Use at least three (3)
quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do
not qualify as quality resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
·
Be typed, double spaced,
using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides;
citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with
your professor for any additional instructions.
·
Include a cover page
containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s
name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are
not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
·
Describe the process of
performing effective information technology audits and general controls.
·
Describe information
technology general controls based on the Information Technology Infrastructure
Library (ITIL) best practices.
·
Describe the various general
controls and audit approaches for software and architecture to include
operating systems, telecommunication networks, cloud computing,
service-oriented architecture and virtualization.
·
Use technology and
information resources to research issues in information technology audit and
control.
Write clearly and concisely about
topics related to information technology audit and control using proper writing
mechanics and technical style conventions.
