Executive in wait

Capability Maturity Model for Software (CMM or SW-CMM), developed by Software Engineering Institute (SEI), is a model for judging the maturity of an organization’s software processes and for identifying the key practices that are required to increase the maturity of these processes.

CMM is intended to help software organizations improve the maturity of their software processes in terms of an evolutionary path from ad hoc, chaotic processes to mature, disciplined software processes.

CMM is a common-sense application of software or business process management and quality improvement concepts to software development and maintenance.The Capability Maturity Model for Software (CMM) is a framework that describes the key elements of an effective software process.

CMM has the following aspects:

• Maturity levels (5 Levels)
• KPA (22 Key Process Areas)
• Goals for each process area
• Common features for each process area
• Key practices for each process area.