Process Tailoring Criteria

• · How the organization's set of standard processes and organizational process assets are used to create the defined processes
• · Mandatory requirements that must be satisfied by the defined processes (e.g., the subset of the organizational process assets that are essential for any defined process)
• · Options that can be exercised and criteria for selecting among the options
• · Procedures that must be followed in performing and documenting process tailoring

Flexibility in tailoring and defining processes is balanced with ensuring appropriate consistency in the processes across the organization. Flexibility is needed to address contextual variables such as the domain; nature of the customer; cost, schedule, and quality tradeoffs; technical difficulty of the work; and experience of the people implementing the process. Consistency across the organization is needed so that organizational standards, objectives, and strategies are appropriately addressed, and process data and lessons learned can be shared.