CMMI

CMMI, Capability Maturity Model Integration, is a process improvement methodology that helps organizations improve on their software development processes.

Originally, CMM, Capability Maturity Model, was funded by the United States Air Force. It was a study done at the Carnegie- Mellon Engineering Institute.

The goal was to create an evaluation for the Air Force to objectively evaluate software subcontractors.

It was published in 1989. It identified 5 levels of process maturity.

• Initial - creation of a new process
• Repeatable - the process is repeatable
• Defined - the process is defined and considered a standard operating procedure
• Managed - the process is managed and measured
• Optimizing - the process includes continual process improvement

In 2006, CMM was replaced by Capability Maturity Mode Integration

By implementing SCM best practices in the software development process, you are in a stronger position to support a more mature development process.

• Link management and engineering activities to the business objectives
• Better meet customer requirement and expectations
• Implement best practices into the process
• Implement process improvements
• Identify critical functions to the process
• Meet ISO standards

Software Change Management Software Change Management attempts to control, manage and support changes to software. Understanding and controlling changes is one of the biggest challenges to the software development team.

CMMI CMMI, Capability Maturity Model Integration, was originally intended to objectively assess the ability of government contractors' processes to deliver the contracted software projects. Originally, a software development process improvement tool, CMMI can be used as a generally applicable model to assist in understanding the process capability maturity of organizations in diverse areas.

Release Management Release Management is the process and practices for managing the software release from conception to the end of a software product's life.

Software Configuration Management Processes Software Configuration Management Process focuses on the many different processes and standards that surround SCM and software development.

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