Capability maturity model

FIGURE 8 Maturity model overview. (Source Adapted from Capability Maturity Model Integration, www.sei.cmu.edu.)... 

Source Adapted from Capability Maturity Model Integration, www.sei.cmu.org. 

SSE-CMM—System Security Engineering Capability Maturity Model, June 15, 2003, in line with ISO 15504-2 (SPICE) and CMM-I (following the processes and maturity level concept, but for security engineering instead of software development) (not safety application-specific)... 

The ability to perform validation cost-effectively is dependent on an organization s understanding of requirements and its validation capability. This chapter applies the established Capability Maturity Model (CMM) to computer validation. Examples of validation metrics and measures are examined. The metrics cover prospective validation as well as operation and maintenance of computer systems. Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma are promoted as tools that organizations can use to streamline and improve the performance of their validation processes. 

PauUt, M.C. (1995), The Evolution of SETs Capability Maturity Model for Software, Software Processes — Improvement and Practice, 3-15. 

R. Bate et al. (ed.) A Systems Engineering Capability Maturity Model. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsbourgh PA, USA. 

The Capability Maturity Model (CMM) was originally developed as a tool for objectively assessing the ability of government contractors processes to perform a contracted software project. The CMM is based on the Process Maturity Framework first described in Managing the Software Process by Watts Humphrey and later published in its full form as a book named The Capability Maturity Model Guidelines for Improving the Software Process in 1994 by Mark Paulk, Charles Weber, Bill Curtis, and Mary Beth Chrissis. 

Paulk M, Weber C, Curtis B, Chrissis M (1994) The Capability Maturity Model Guidelines for Improving the Software Process. Addison-Wesley Professional Saaty T, Vargas L (2006) Decision making with the analytic network process economic, political, social and technological applications with benefits, opportunities, costs and risks, 1st edn. Springer, New York... 

Examples of good software practices include following lEC 61508-3 or Capability Maturity Model (CMM) and ensuring the software processes are controlled under the manufacturer quality management system (example ISO 9001 2008). 

NOTE 2 Capability Maturity Model (CMM) was developed by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburg, PA, USA. The SEI developed a set of best practices and an assessment method for the development, verification, and validation of complex software models. 

Models have been developed to characterize the quality of software development processes in industries. The capability maturity model (Paulk et al, 1993) is one such model. The CMM has five different levels, each of which distinguishes an organization s software process capability ... 

Saiedian, H. and Kuzara, R. 1995. SEI capability maturity model s impact on contractors. Computer 28 16-26. 

While the ISO process model ruled all the manufacturing industries, the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) and its variants, SPICE and IS026262 process models, provided the IT and related S W service sectors with the process framework. Process models employed by IT and SW services assume relevance owing to their... 

Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) project was formed to sort out the problem of using multiple models for software development processes thus, the CMMI has superseded the CMM, though the CMM continues to be a general theoretical process capability model used in the public domain. 

Although CMM houses the best practices of the industry, it does not address the human part of the industry which is of paramount importance in human capital industry like that of IT and allied sectors. To enable this, a People Capability Maturity Model (P-CMM) [5] has also been proposed. The P-CMM can be used as a framework for improving the way in which an organization manages its human assets. The P-CMM also shares the same five levels of maturity as that of CMM although the KPAs that constitute these levels (20 KPAs) are focussed on the human counterpart rather than the software quality. 

Hunter R, Thayer R, Paulk M. The capability maturity model for software, software process improvement. Hoboken WUey-IEEE Press 2001. p. 49-88. 

The People Capability Maturity Model. Available at http //ifs.host.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Books/... 

In 1999 A joint Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and oil industry-funded project to address some of these concerns led to the development of a Safety Culture Maturity Model (SCMM) (see for example Lardner, Fleming and Joyner (2001). The SCMM is based on the capability maturity model concept, initially developed by the Software Engineering Institute of CarnegieMellon University (Paulk et al, 1993), as a mechanism to improve the way software is built and maintained. The SCMM aims to assist organisations in (a) establishing their current level of safety culture maturity and (b) identifying the actions required to improve their safety culture. 

For further information of the SCOR model see www.supply-chain.org. Capability Maturity Model Integration... 

According to Wikipedia, The United States Air Force funded a study at the Camegie-Mellon Software Engineering Institute to create a model for the military to use as an objective evaluation of software subcontractors. The result was the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) which has been superseded by the more comprehensive Capabihty Maturity Model Integration (CMMI). 

Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) It is a process improvement approach that provides organizations with the essential elements of effective processes. It was developed by the SEI (Software Engineering Institute) at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. 

The CMM model can be applied to other processes, such as the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI), which has been developed as a process improvement approach that helps organizations improve their performance. CMMI can be used to guide process improvement across a project, a division, or an entire organization. 

See Software Capability Maturity Model (CMM) for additional related information. 

Software CMM is the application of the CMM to the development of software. There are five CMM levels, as shown in Figure 2.78, and at each higher level, the organization is able to develop better software on a cost-effective basis. See Capability Maturity Model (CMM) for additional related information. 

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