1 sei6a Capability Maturity Model Software Engineering Institute

2 sei6a CMM u 5 level assessment of a software development organization’s capabilities u Promoted by DoD –Level 3 required

3 sei6a CMM has multiplied u There are now many different maturity models from SEI

4 sei6a CMM levels u 5 – optimizing u 4 – managed u 3 – defined u 2 – repeatable u 1 – initial (everyone else)

5 sei6a KPA u Key Process Areas u Requirements for achieving a maturity level u Table 1 p 67

6 sei6a SEI Capability Maturity Model’s Impact on Contractors Hossein Saiedian and Richard Kuzara Computer 1995 Pp65-75

7 sei6a CMM u “CMM is based on the premise that major software-development problems and, hence, causes for project failures are managerial rather than technical.” p 68

8 sei6a Other models u Caper Jones’s model u ISO 9001

9 sei6a Cost of CMM u Hughes SE Division u Level 2 to level 3 u 2 years u Cost of $400, 000 u Savings of $2 million

10 sei6a Achieving Higher SEI Levels Michael Daskalantonakis Computer 94 Pp85-92

11 sei6a Motorola’s CPI u SEI Progress Assessment u Scoring each KPA activities

12 sei6a Kiviat Diagram e.g. fig 4 p89