Establish the Organization’s Process Asset Library

One major work in this process area is establish and maintain the organization's process asset library.

Examples of items to be stored in the organization’s process asset library include the following:

• Organizational policies
• Defined process descriptions
• Procedures (e.g., estimating procedure)
• Development plans
• Acquisition plans
• Quality assurance plans
• Training materials
• Process aids (e.g., checklists)
• Lessons-learned reports

Typical Work Products in this specific goal are:

1. Design of the organization’s process asset library
2. Organization's process asset library
3. Selected items to be included in the organization’s process asset library
4. Catalog of items in the organization’s process asset library

To implement this specific practices, simply follow subpractices below:

1. Design and implement the organization’s process asset library, including the library structure and support environment.
2. Specify the criteria for including items in the library. The items are selected based primarily on their relationship to the organization’s set of standard processes.
3. Specify the procedures for storing and retrieving items.
4. Enter the selected items into the library and catalog them for easy reference and retrieval.
5. Make the items available for use by the projects.
6. Periodically review the use of each item and use the results to maintain the library contents.
7. Revise the organization’s process asset library as necessary. Examples of when the library may need to be revised include the following:

• New items are added
• Items are retired
• Current versions of items are changed