Capability Maturity Model

Capability Maturity Model

• Capability maturity model is a framework to
analyze the approach and techniques followed
by an organization for developing a software
product.
• Provides guidelines to further enhance the
maturity of those software products.
 CMM involves following aspects
I. Maturity Levels: This model describes a strategy that
should be followed by moving through five different levels .
Each level of maturity shows a process capability level.
II. Key Process Areas: Indicates a set of related activities
that when perform together, achieve a set of goals
considered important.
III. Goals: Signifies the scope, boundaries and intent of each
key process area.
IV. Common factor: Common features includes practices
that implemented and initialize a key processing area.
 Continued
• Common features are divides into five common feature
sections:
I. Commitment to perform.
II. Activities to perform.
III. Ability to perform.
IV. Measurement and analysis.
V. Verifying Implementation.
V. Key Practices: The key practices describe the elements
of infrastructure and practices that contributes most of
implementation of KPA’s
 Levels Of CMM
• Level 1(Initial):
- Starting point for use of new process.
- Process Followed are adhoc and not well defined.
- Unstable environment for product development.
• Level 2 (Repeatable):
- Process is managed with agreed matrices.
- Experience with earlier project is used for managing new
similar product.
• Level 3 ( Defined): Documentation of standard
guidelines and procedure takes place.
 Levels of CMM
• Level 4 (Managed):
- Quantitative quality goals are set for the organization for
software products as well as software process.
- Measurement made help the organization to predict the
product and process quality within same limits.
• Level 5 (Optimizing):
- Highest level in CMM & Focuses on continuous process
improvement in organization using quantitative feedback.
- Use new tools , techniques of software process to prevention of
known defects.