Foundations of Capability / Building Development Excellence / Building Service Excellence
 
Our Foundations of Capability class is jam-packed with material you can’t get anywhere else – including access to our exclusive online practice exams! Immediately followed by two scenario-driven Building Excellence classes at reduced package rates – choose Development or Services or both!

 
Nationally Recognized Instructor
Our energizing instructor "Wild Bill" Smith has taught certified CMMI classes to more students than anyone else in the world (over 275 classes delivered to more than 4000 students)! He's won multiple industry awards, and has trained a dazzling array of corporate and government clients in the CMMI.
 
"Bill did an excellent job presenting information in a way that was interesting and providing plenty of examples ensuring that we understood the concepts." - May 2020 virtual student


Virtually Entertaining
The reviews from our first 25+ virtual classes are in: Despite the lack of a physical, in-person presence, students actually enjoyed the experience... and, more importantly, learned.
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"I just wanted to say thank you for a really enjoyable week. I was not sure how virtual was going to go, but we had a great group and your energy really kept it going... [Our Company] money was well spent and... the three of us are excited about taking this forward." - June 2020 virtual student

 
No Death-by-Slide!
Our CMMI classes -- whether virtual or in-person -- are unlike any others. Stocked with 98% original content you can't get anywhere else, our courses keep you awake, engaged, and constantly learning! (See 10 sample slides.)
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"It exceeded the objectives. I learned the material and it was presented in an interesting and engaging way." - June 2020 virtual student

 
Practical Exercises
Our pragmatic approach to the CMMI focuses on building business value, not shelf-ware. We'll help you unlock the mystery of CMMI with exercises and examples that our students consistently describe as "down-to-earth" and "relatable." We use Zoom breakout groups to let you work with and learn from other students, while absorbing key model concepts and addressing real-life scenarios.
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"Zoom was a solid tool to use, especially with the breakout sessions for group exercises... I was able to engage with the exercises, listen to the presentations, and had no difficulty following the content. I attended in-person training [from Bill] in 2019, and the ultimate end result – 'Did I learn in a way that was engaging and helpful to my understanding of CMMI?' was pretty unaffected by the switch to virtual learning." - May 2020 virtual student

 
Exclusive: Free Online Practice Exams!
After you graduate from our Foundations class, you’ll receive 30-day access to our exclusive, proprietary online practice Certified CMMI Associate exams – designed to mimic the real one. (You’ll need to take and pass the actual exam to become a Certified CMMI Associate and serve on CMMI V2.0 appraisal teams.)
 
"I found your practice test harder than CMMI exam and even though I saw no duplication, I found the practice exam very useful in familiarizing myself with the model so that I better understood the structure and concept." - July 2020 virtual student

 
What You’ll Walk Away with
Unlike other vendors, we provide:

• Proprietary pdf files of all of our dynamic and engaging class slides and exercises. (Our Foundations course alone is currently 436 slides; 98.7% of these are original/proprietary -- you won’t get them from anyone else!)
• Foundations only: Invaluable CMMI guidance documents (pdfs) including CMMI V2.0 Model At-a-Glance, Adoption and Transition Guidance, Method Definition Document Quick Reference, and Practice Mapping. Actually, you should really have one of those even before class, so here it is: the most useful and fantabulous CMMI reference guide! (You're welcome.)
• Foundations only: Online access to two proprietary, completely different 60-question practice CMMI Associate Exams -- to help you prepare for the real one. (See 5 sample questions. Need the answers? That's what our class is for!)
• Handcrafted guidance on how to have a successful virtual class experience, including our Zoom Cheat Sheet and Wild Bill's four-page Zoom Guidelines for My CMMI Classes.

You’ll also receive:

• CMMI Online Model Viewer access for 30 days
• CMMI Associate Exam credit for 30 days ($250 value) 
• Electronic access to all standard CMMI Institute slides and exercises
• Upon successful completion, official CMMI Institute certificate (pdf) and entry into CMMI Institute database, needed to serve on appraisal teams and/or take more advanced CMMI classes

Details and Enrollment
Per CMMI Institute policy, virtual class sizes are strictly limited to 15 students – no exceptions. Because of this, our Foundations of Capability course almost always sells out weeks in advance. PLEASE ENROLL SOON if the dates are important to you. (Special package rates available when you stay an extra day or two for Building Development Excellence and/or Building Service Excellence!)

• Details and enrollment for Foundations of Capability and the two Building Excellence classes: https://www.cmmitraining.com/cmmi-v2-2020-10.
• Our entire public class schedule: https://www.cmmitraining.com/cmmi-classes.