CMMI-DEV Process Areas

CMMI-DEV V1.3 is divided into Process Areas (definitions here).

These are the 22 process areas for CMMI-DEV (in alphabetical order):

Process Area (Group, ML)	Group (ML)	Description
CAR	SUPPORT (ML5)	CAUSAL ANALYSIS AND RESOLUTION
CM	SUPPORT (ML2)	CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
DAR	SUPPORT (ML3)	DECISION ANALYSIS AND RESOLUTION
IPM	PROJECT MANAGEMENT (ML3)	INTEGRATED PROJECT MANAGEMENT
MA	SUPPORT (ML2)	MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS
OPD	PROCESS MANAGEMENT (ML3)	ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESS DEFINITION
OPF	PROCESS MANAGEMENT (ML3)	ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESS FOCUS
OPM	PROCESS MANAGEMENT (ML5)	ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
OPP	PROCESS MANAGEMENT (ML4)	ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESS PERFORMANCE
OT	PROCESS MANAGEMENT (ML3)	ORGANIZATIONAL TRAINING
PI	ENGINEERING (ML3)	PRODUCT INTEGRATION
PMC	PROJECT MANAGEMENT (ML2)	PROJECT MONITORING AND CONTROL
PP	PROJECT MANAGEMENT (ML2)	PROJECT PLANNING
PPQA	SUPPORT (ML2)	PROCESS AND PRODUCT QUALITY ASSURANCE
QPM	PROJECT MANAGEMENT (ML4)	QUANTITATIVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
RD	ENGINEERING (ML3)	REQUIREMENTS DEVELOPMENT
REQM	PROJECT MANAGEMENT (ML2)	REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT
RSKM	PROJECT MANAGEMENT (ML3)	RISK MANAGEMENT
SAM	PROJECT MANAGEMENT (ML2)	SUPPLIER AGREEMENT MANAGEMENT
TS	ENGINEERING (ML3)	TECHNICAL SOLUTION
VAL	ENGINEERING (ML3)	VALIDATION
VER	ENGINEERING (ML3)	VERIFICATION
GG	-	(GENERIC GOALS) Applicable to all PAs

Sources:

• [1] "CMMI-DEV 1.3 - Technical Report", SEI, CMU/SEI-2010-TR-033 / ESC-TR-2010-033, Nov. 2010 (available at http://www.sei.cmu.edu; this is "the bible")
• [2] "CMMI for Development - Guidelines for Process Integration and Product Improvement", 3rd. Ed.; Mary Beth Chrissis, Mike Conrad, Sandy Shrum; Addison-Wesley 
• [3] "CMMI for Development Quick Reference" (available from http://www.sei.cmu.edu)

Updated: 
2016-03-16, initial version