The state in which all special causes of process variation have been removed and prevented from recurring so that only the common causes of process variation of the process remain. (See “special cause of process variation,” “common cause of variation,” “standard process,” “statistically managed process,” and “capable process.”)

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