- Developed by the software community in 1986 with the leadership from the SEI.
- Has become the factor standard for assessing and improving processes related to software development.
- Has evolved into a process maturity framework Provides guidance for measuring software process maturity helps establish process improvement programs.
Maturity levels
- Initial
- Repeatable
- Defined
- Manageable
- Optimizing
Level 1: Initial
Each maturity level decomposes into several key process areas that indicate the areas an organization should focus on to improve its software process.
Level 2 – Repeatable:Key practice areas
- Requirements management
- Software project planning
- Software project tracking&oversight
- Software subcontract management
- Software quality assurance
- Software configuration management
Level 3 – Defined: Key practice areas
- Organization process focus
- Organization process definition
- Training program
- Integrated software management
- Software product engineering
- Inter group coordination
- Peer reviews
Level 4 – Manageable: Key practice areas
- Organization process focus
- Software Quality Management
Software Testing 
September 20, 2012 at 11:43 am
This is good,But there are 5 levels in CMM, the last one is optimization where processes would be systematically managed by a combination of process optimization and continuous process improvement.
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