What are Generic Goals (GG) and Generic Practices (GP) in a CMMI PA?

• A. GG are high-level aims of a PA; GP are practices that institutionalize processes to achieve those aims.
• B. GG and GP refer to templates.
• C. GG are specific tasks; GP are quality gates.
• D. GG are measurement data; GP are baselines.

Answer: (A)

Generic Goals describe broad organizational aims that a Process Area is expected to enable across projects. Generic Practices are the universal activities that help institutionalize those processes so the aims can be achieved consistently—things like establishing policies, providing training, assigning responsibility, and collecting and using process and product measurements. They apply across PAs and focus on capability and improvement, not on the specific activities of any one PA. The other options don’t fit because GG and GP are not templates, not specific tasks or gates, and not simply measurement data or baselines.