Steps to Assessor / Lead Assessor
In the Process Professional Assesser qualification scheme, qualification consists of the following four stages.
・Provisional Assessor
・Qualified Assessor
・Provisional Lead Assessor
・Qualified Lead Assessor
Here, the Assessor has the role of assessing processes in assessment, the Lead Assessor has the role of managing assessment. Lead Assessor must have Assessor qualification at the same time.
Assessor is qualified for each model (CMMI®, ISO 33k or others). It is necessary to attend the Basic course and the Assessor course of the desired model at PPA.
On the other hand, the Lead Assessor is common for all models, so the qualification is valid for any model.
The step-up is shown in the following flow.
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