
CMMI Tech Talk: Planning (PLAN): Practice Area Overview
Source: YouTube · ISACA HQ · published Dec 15, 2025 · 17:06
This video introduces the CMMI Planning Practice Area, outlining its scope, core principles, and significance in organizational maturity up to Level 3.
Key Takeaways:
• Planning is one of the largest practice areas in the CMMI model, containing one high-maturity practice at Level 4 0:29.
• The talk focuses on concepts and principles for Planning up to and including Level 3, with a separate companion talk covering Level 4 0:43.
• The session aims to explain the underlying concepts that support the Planning practice area within the CMMI framework 0:37.
This overview serves as a foundational guide for understanding how planning integrates into CMMI structures, with deeper insights available for high-maturity contexts.
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[music] [music] [music] Hello and welcome to another in our series of CMMI tech talks looking at specific practice areas within the CMMI model. [music] In today's talk, we are going to have a look at the planning plan practice area. Planning is one of the largest practice areas in the CMMI and includes one high maturity practice at level four. [music] In this talk, we will look at some of the concepts and principles that underpin the planning practice area and we shall focus on the practices up to and including level three. [music] A separate companion talk regarding the role of planning in a high maturity organization is also available which looks at the level four practice and revisits many of the key concepts from a high maturity perspective. Planning [music] is a core practice area wit…