Capability Maturity Model (CMM) Done By :Delayel Alhajeree

Out lines: 1-introduction. 2-What is CMM? 3- Why it was involved in organizations? 4- Uses of CMM. 5- The architecture of the CMM. 6- What the CMM Does Not Cover? 7- References.

Introduction: Almost all organizations in the world regardless to what are they specialized in need to have a guidance on how to gain control of their processes for developing and maintaining software and how to evolve the new software engineering technology in their projects. That was the idea behind developing the CMM.

What is CMM? The Capability Maturity Model for Software (SW-CMM or CMM) is a model used by organizations for appraising the maturity of their software processes, increase their software process capability and for identifying practices that will increase the maturity of those processes. It originally evolved from the need for the Department of Defense of the United State.

Why it was involved in organization? Although software engineers and managers often know their problems in great detail, they may disagree on which improvements are most important. Without an organized strategy for improvement, it is difficult to achieve consensus between management and the professional staff on what improvement activities to undertake first.

Uses of CMM: There are at least four uses of the CMM that are supported: 1-Assessments teams. 2-Evaluation teams 3-Managers and technical staff 4-Process improvement groups

Cont. Uses of CMM: Assessments teams will use the CMM to identify strengths and weaknesses in the organization. Evaluation teams will use the CMM to identify the risks of selecting among different contractors for awarding business and to monitor contracts. Managers and technical staff will use the CMM to understand the activities necessary to plan and implement a software process improvement program for their organization. Process improvement groups, will use the CMM as a guide to help them define and improve the software process in their organization.

The architecture of the SW-CMM : SW-CMM is composed of 5 levels: 1-initial level 2-repeatable level 3-defined level 4-managed level 5-optimizing level

What the CMM Does Not Cover? does not address all of the issues that are important for successful projects.

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