CMMI components that explain what may be done to satisfy a required CMMI component. Model users can implement the expected components explicitly or implement equivalent alternative practices to these components. Specific and generic practices are expected model components.

1. This glossary is from Appendix C of Technical Report CMU/SEI-2002-TR-004.
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