MSC Malaysia Capability Development Programme

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Programme Details

The New CDP CMMI programme is a combination of the previous Software Process Improvement Programme (SPI Programme) and the Quality Excellence for Software & Technology SMEs Programme (QuESTS).

The highlights of the new programme are:

An increased of financial assistance to achieve Maturity Level 2 Rating from RM 25,000 to RM 50,000.
An open service provider system, where clients are free to engage any SEI Registered service provider.

But before we go into the details of the new programme, let us revisit CMMI and its benefit.

CMMI is a process improvement approach that provides organizations with the essential elements of effective processes.

It can be used to guide process improvement across a project, a division, or an entire organization. CMMI helps integrate traditionally separate organizational functions, set process improvement goals and priorities, provide guidance for quality processes, and provide a point of reference for appraising current processes.

And these are some of the benefits of CMMI

Link management and engineering activities to business objectives
Expand the scope of and visibility into the product lifecycle and engineering activities
Incorporate lessons learned from additional areas of best practice
Implement more robust high-maturity practices
Address additional organizational functions critical to products and services

Realizing the increasing need for MSC Malaysia companies to adopt the CMMI model and the need for the CMMI rating, MDeC has reviewed the SPI and QuESTS programmes and has developed a new programme.

Introduction

The programme is specially designed to create awareness about the CMMI Model among the MSC Malaysia companies; with the ultimate goal of these companies to be successfully appraised with the CMMI Maturity Level Rating.

Benefits

Able to participate in Awareness Talks and Seminars on various CMMI topics by expert speakers.

Able to participate in Hands-on Workshops by expert trainers.

Able to obtain up to RM 150,000 of financial assistance to complete the appraisals.

Access to Expert Articles and Papers.

How It Works

Details of the Financial Incentives
First Time Appraisal

Maturity Level	Maturity Level 3 to 5	Maturity Level 2
Scope	Training Consultancy SCAMPI A Appraisal
Incentive to Participants	50% of project cost or up to RM 150,000, whichever is lower.	50% of project cost or up to RM 50,000, which is lower.
Vendor	Only registered SEI partner are allowed.
Payment mode	First 50% is to be paid to the vendor by the participating companies, according to agreed milestone. Second 50% is to be REIMBURSED to the participating companies by MDeC, according to agreed milsetone.

Re-Appraisal

Maturity Level	Maturity Level 3 to 5	Maturity Level 2
Scope	SCAMPI A Appraisal only
Incentive to Participants	50% of appraisal cost or RM 31,250, whichever is lower.	50% of appraisal cost or up to RM 20,000, which is lower.
Vendor	Only registered SEI partner are allowed.
Payment mode	To be REIMBURSED to the participating companies upon listing in Published Appraisal Results website (sas.sei.smu.edu/pars)

Upgrade

Item	Detail
Scope	Upgrade to Maturity Level 3, Maturity Level 4 or Maturity Level 5 SCAMPI A only
Incentive to Participants	50% of appraisal cost or RM31,250, whichever is lower.
Vendor	Only registered SEI partner are allowed.
Payment mode	To be REIMBURSED to the participating companies upon listing in Published Appraisal Results website (sas.sei.smu.edu/pars)

Eligibility Criteria for the Financial Incentive

The two main criterias are:

1. MSC Malaysia Status companies

2. Malaysian shareholding more than 51%

For more information, please contact Ir. Ahmad Syahrir at syahrir@mdec.com.my

Kindly refer to programme guidebook which is available for download for more details and eligibility criteria. Click here.
CMMI Service Provider document. Click here.
Forms for enrolment are also available for download. Click here.

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