15. CMM Levels

15. CMM Levels:

SEI known as “Software Engineering Institute” at Carnegie mellon university which was initiated by the U.S defence department to help, improve software development process.
SEI invented capability maturity model (CMM). Now-a-days CMM is called as CMMI(Capability Maturity Model Integration).
The software organizations can receive CMMI readings by undergoing assessments by qualified auditors.
The level is given to the software organization depending upon the quality that the organization is producing the software.
Level 1:
In a level 1 company, in order to complete a project successfully, the individuals of that company should put more effort. The success may not be repeatable. The project may be or may not be completed.
Level2:
It consists of software project tracking, requirement management, and realistic planning and configuration management processes. The successful practices can be repeated.
Level 3:
It consists of standard software development and maintenance processes. These two are integrated throughout an organization.
Level 4:
In this level, measurements are used to track productivity, processes and products. In this level company the quality is high.
Level 5:
In this level the focus on continuous process improvement. The impact of new processes and technologies can be predicted and effectively implemented when required.
Here success & quality is high, testing and developing is completely satisfied