When can RPI be used?

RPI is flexible and adaptive to many different situations, independent of:

• organization size
• existing process maturity
• process / performance focus
• existing process improvement programmes
• local versus corporate level improvment scope
• single or multiple process models and standards
• industry domain

• The Basic Level assists an organization getting started with process improvement by providing a set of process improvement practices that ensure initial and rapid success.
• The Intermediate Level supports a more disciplined approach to process improvment; e.g., rigorous process modeling verification and validation, configuration control of process documents, formal collection and tracking of issues and defects of processes, and traceability of goals and problems to specific process improvement changes. The intermediate level of RPI satisfies the requirements of the CMMI OPF and OPD process areas.
• The Advanced Level supports quantitative process analysis, and is consistent with Six Sigma and similar methodologies.

RPI practices expand with the growing end-user's demands for a more formal method of handling process changes.

RPI Version 2 also includes tailoring options based on specific organizational situations.