CMMI Level

Capability Maturity Model (CMM)

•A bench-mark for measuring the maturity of an organization’s software process•CMM defines 5 levels of process maturity based on certain Key Process Areas (KPA)

CMMI Levels:-

Level 5 – Optimizing  (< 1%)

-- process change management

-- technology change management

-- defect prevention

Level 4 – Managed   (< 5%)

-- software quality management

-- quantitative process management

Level 3 – Defined      (< 10%)

-- peer reviews

-- intergroup coordination

-- software product engineering

-- integrated software management

-- training program

-- organization process definition

-- organization process focus

Level 2 – Repeatable (~ 15%)

-- software configuration management

-- software quality assurance

-- software project tracking and oversight

-- software project planning

-- requirements management

Level 1 – Initial         (~ 70%)