Appraisal Assistant 2.1 beta

The Appraisal Assistant is a software application developed by the Software Quality Institute, Griffith University, to support the assessment or appraisal of process capability or organizational maturity. It closely follows approaches consistent with the requirements of ISO/IEC 15504 - Information technology: Process assessment, and the Assessment Requirements for CMMI®.
Unlike other existing tools, Appraisal Assistant takes an explicitly evidence-driven approach to recording the information generated in an assessment. The Appraisal Assistant has been used by SQI personnels to perform SCAMPI A/B appraisals and SPICE assessments.
Features:
- Support for multiple process models - this beta version includes ISO/IEC 15504-5, ISO/IEC 15504-6 (FDIS), Automotive SPICE, CMMI®-DEV v.1.2, SAFE, and CMMI® SE/SW/IPPD/SS V 1.1.
- Support for user defined appraisal models
- Support for multiple methods of performing assessment / appraisal, including SCAMPISM A (v.1.2) and B Class, and generic ISO/IEC 15504 conformant assessment methods.
- Support for user defined assessment methods
- Support for conversion of results from one framework to another; i.e. expression of CMMI® Appraisal results as ISO 15504 standard process profiles,and definition of coverage of ISO 9001 requirements by CMMI® or ISO 15504 assessments / appraisals.
- Facility to split and consolidate evidence capture activities within the team through the establishment of mini-teams.
- Automatic generation of a variety of reports, including Appraisal Disclosure Statement, PIID, Assessment Record, Appraisal / Assessment Findings, Strength / Weakness summaries, Rating Profiles, and workload summaries.
- Automatic reporting of model coverage by collected evidence, to meet the requirements of the SCAMPISM A v.1.2 method.