ISO/IEC
33063:2015(E)
performance
achievement analysis, additional
process
performance
indicators
are
defined in
the
process
assessment
model.
4.3.3 Process performance indicators
There
are
two
types
of
process
performance
indicators;
base
practice (BP)
indicators
and
work
product
(WP) indicators. Process
performance
indicators
relate
to individual
processes
defined in
the
process
dimension of
the
process
assessment
model
and
are
chosen to explicitly
address
the
achievement of
the
defined
process
purpose.
Evidence of
performance
of
the
base
practices
and
the
presence
of
work
products
with
their
expected
work
product
characteristics
provide objective evidence of
the
achievement of
the
purpose
of
the
process.
A
base
practice is
an
activity
that
addresses
the
purpose
of a
particular
process. Consistently
performing
the
base
practices
associated
with
a
process
will help
the
consistent
achievement of its purpose.
A
coherent
set
of
base
practices is associated
with
each
process
in
the
process
dimension. The
base
practices
are
described
at
an
abstract
level, identifying "what" should
be
done
without
specifying "how".
Implementing
the
base
practices of a process should achieve
the
basic outcomes
that
reflect
the
process
purpose. Base practices
represent
only
the
first
step
in building process capability,
but
the
base
practices
represent
the
unique functional activities of
the
process, even if
that
performance
is
not
systematic.
The
performance
of a
process
produces
work
products
that
are
identifiable
and
usable in achieving
the
purpose
of
the
process. In
this
assessment
model, each
work
product
has
a defined
set
of example
work
product
characteristics
that
may
be
used
when
reviewing
the
work
product
to
assess
the
effective
performance
of a process. Work
product
characteristics
may be
used
to identify
the
corresponding
work
p'
roduct
produced/used
by
the
assessed
organization.
Clause 5
contains
a complete
description
of
the
processes, including
the
base
practices
and
the
associated
work
products.
C.1
contains
a list of generic
work
products
together
with
the
work
product
characteristics.
C.2
contains
a complete
list
of specific
work
products,
with
the
generic
work
products
for completeness.
Similar
to
the
concept of
modularity
in object orientation,
the
shared
characteristics
of a
group
of
work
products
have
been
extracted
into a generic
work
product. An
assessor
would
refer
to
both
the
specific
work
product
and
the
generic
work
product
in
the
context
of
the
specific
work
product
when
performing
an
assessment.
4.4
Measuring
process
capability
The
process
performance
and
process
capability indicators in
this
model give examples of evidence
that
an
assessor
might
obtain
,
or
observe, in
the
performance
of
an
assessment.
The evidence
obtained
in
the
assessment
can
be
mapped
onto
the
set
of indicators
to
enable
correlation
between
the
implemented
process
and
the
processes
defined in
this
assessment
model.
These indicators provide guidance for
assessors
in accumulating
the
necessary
objective evidence
to
support
judgments
of capability. They
are
not
intended
to be
regarded
as a
mandatory
set
of checklists
to
be
followed.
An
indicator
is defined
as
an
objective
characteristic
of a
base
practice
or
work
product
that
supports
the
judgment
of
the
performance
or
capability of
an
implemented
process. The
assessment
indicators
and
their
relationship to
process
performance
and
process
capability
are
shown
in Figure 5.
Assessment indicators
are
used
to confirm
that
certain
practices
were
performed, as
shown
by
observable
evidence collected
during
an
assessment.
All
such evidence comes
either
from
the
examination of
work
products
and/or
from
statements
made
by
the
performers
and
managers
of
the
processes.
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