++++ Begin of Message ++++ Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 09:55:50 -0500 From: Dawna Baird Subject: [spin:4099] CMMI[R] Overview Organization: The Software Engineering Institute The SEI[SM] would like to request your help in conveying the following information about the ongoing support for Capability Maturity Model[R] Integration (CMMI[R]) to the software process improvement community. Please present this information at your SPIN meeting, and feel free to reuse this message for your mailing lists and Web sites. Attached is the presentation Capability Maturity Model[R] Integration (CMMI[R]) Overview. You can use this presentation as you wish to inform your membership about CMMI. The SEI is happy to work with you to help you present this information at your meetings by arranging for guest speakers and/or video conferences at your location. Please contact us at cmmi-comments@sei.cmu.edu. Dear SPIN members: The SEI[SM] has led the movement to improve the quality of software processes in product and service development and maintenance organizations since the late 1980s. The SEI first met this objective by way of the Capability Maturity Model[R] (CMM[R]) for Software (SW-CMM). Because the SEI believes that the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI[R]) models represent the evolution of several great models that preceded them, including the SW-CMM, the SEI intends to remain steadfast in its commitment to CMMI while encouraging and supporting software process improvement research with other academic units at Carnegie Mellon. The CMMI models build on the learning and experiences from the 1990s, and are compatible with many other quality standards and techniques. CMMI best practices improve upon SW-CMM (as well as SECM and IPD-CMM) best practices by enabling organizations to do the following: more explicitly link management and engineering activities to business objectives expand the scope of and visibility into the product life cycle and engineering activities to ensure that the product or service meets customer expectations incorporate lessons learned from additional areas of best practice (e.g., measurement, risk management, and supplier management) implement more robust high-maturity practices address additional organizational functions critical to its products and services more fully comply with relevant ISO standards The SEI and its transition partners are currently working with numerous organizations, both nationally and internationally, in government, academia, and commercial industry, that are successfully adopting the CMMI Product Suite, which includes the CMMI models and SCAMPI[SM] appraisal method. The positive responses from these organizations have substantiated the SEI痴 commitment to the CMMI Product Suite. We are encouraged that over half of the adopters to date are from small organizations (less that 100 employees) and many of them are software developers. In August, the SEI released the CMMI for Software (CMMI-SW) model and announced plans to develop CMMI interpretive guidance for software-only organizations. Many software-only and IT organizations, including many smaller commercial software companies, have been using CMMI to improve business processes for over a year. The SEI has initiated an effort to collect interpretation issues and lessons learned from these early adopters for the benefit of the many other software-only and IT organizations that are only now beginning to adopt CMMI. Furthermore, SEI development of CMMI interpretive guidance for software-only and IT organizations is currently underway. This guidance will address the special needs of the software community when using CMMI products. The SEI will be holding sessions at various community events to collect information to aid development of this guidance. If you would like to help the SEI in the development of these guidelines and participate with the larger software community, please contact cmmi-software@sei.cmu.edu.
[SM] SEI is a service mark of Carnegie Mellon University. [R] Capability Maturity Model, CMMI, and CMM are registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark office by Carnegie Mellon University. [SM] SCAMPI is a service mark of Carnegie Mellon University.
CMMI[R] Overview (PDF:998KB)
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