CMMI Basics

Software engineering group
The software engineering group is the collection of individuals (both managers and technical staff) who have responsibility for software development and maintenance activities (i.e., requirements analysis, design, code, and test) for a project.
Groups performing software-related work, such as the software quality assurance group, the software configuration management group, and the software engineering process group, are not included in the software engineering group. These groups are considered to be one of the "other software-related groups."

Software-related groups
A software-related group is the collection of individuals (both managers and technical staff) representing a software engineering discipline that supports, but is not directly responsible for, software development and/or maintenance.
Examples of software engineering disciplines include software quality assurance and software configuration management.

Software engineering process group
The software engineering process group is the group of specialists who facilitate the definition, maintenance, and improvement of the software process used by the organization. In the key practices, this group is generically referred to as "the group responsible for the organization's software process activities."

System engineering group
The system engineering group is the collection of individuals (both managers and technical staff) who have responsibility for specifying the system requirements; allocating the system requirements to the hardware, software, and other components; specifying the interfaces between the hardware, software, and other components; and monitoring the design and development of these components to ensure conformance with their specifications.

System test group
The system test group is the collection of individuals (both managers and technical staff) who have responsibility for planning and performing the independent system testing of the software to determine whether the software product satisfies its requirements.

Software quality assurance group
The software quality assurance group is the collection of individuals (both managers and technical staff) who plan and implement the project's quality assurance activities to ensure the software process steps and standards are followed.

Software configuration management group
The software configuration management group is the collection of individuals (both managers and technical staff) who have responsibility for planning, coordinating, and implementing the formal configuration management activities for the software project.

Training group
The training group is the collection of individuals (both managers and staff) who are responsible for coordinating and arranging the training activities for an organization. This group typically prepares and conducts most of the training courses and coordinates use of other training vehicles.