Capability Maturity Model

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Capability Maturity Model

• Software Engineering Institute
• www.sei.cmu.edu

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CMM

• 5 level assessment of a software development
  organizations capabilities
• Promoted by DoD
• Level 3 required

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CMM has multiplied

• There are now many different maturity models from
  SEI

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CMM levels

• 5 optimizing
• 4 managed
• 3 defined
• 2 repeatable
• 1 initial (everyone else)

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KPA

• Key Process Areas
• Requirements for achieving a maturity level
• Table 1 p 67

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SEI Capability Maturity ModelsImpact on
Contractors

• Hossein Saiedian and Richard Kuzara
• Computer 1995
• Pp65-75

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CMM

• CMM is based on the premise that major
  software-development problems and, hence, causes
  for project failures are managerial rather than
  technical. p 68

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Other models

• Caper Joness model
• ISO 9001

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Cost of CMM

• Hughes SE Division
• Level 2 to level 3
• 2 years
• Cost of 400, 000
• Savings of 2 million

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Achieving Higher SEI Levels

• Michael Daskalantonakis
• Computer 94
• Pp85-92

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Motorolas CPI

• SEI Progress Assessment
• Scoring each KPA activities

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Kiviat Diagram e.g. fig 4 p89