The Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) is a tool that is used to measure the maturity of a software development company's processes, to see how well a company can deliver on a project.
A software development process is made up skills, tools and the procedure who develop a product or service. A good process has the skilled people required to do the job, the software development tools, and good procedures that are easily repeable to bring out products or servics or services of the same high quality.
Companies that have high quality processes have a high rating of 5, while those who perform under par have a rating of 1.
The CMMI model was developed at the Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon in the US. SEI's Programme manager Mike Phillips says the use of CMMI 3 certifications is not limited to the software development sector. A similar system is being developed for the manufacturing industry, he says.
So why should you consider using CMMI 3 certifications to measure your company's performance?
1. Learn how efficient your processes are
Introducing CMMI 3 certifications into your company's operations will help you find out how efficient your processes and which areas you need to beef up as things are prone to go wrong when your company is engaged in development projects.
2. Get in line with international trends
CMMI 3 certifications is increasingly being used to improve processes in the software development industry.
3. Improve the quality of your products
Dimension Data chairman for the EMEA region Andile Ngcaba says quality of the product/ service is strongly dependent on the quality of the processes followed. The better the process, the better the product/ service, he says. One of the accepted ways to measure the quality of processes is CMMI 3 certifications.
4. Improve the way your teams work
When processes are of a high-quality, you are able to take on more jobs and guarantee a certain level of service or quality without stressing the company and its resources. You are also able to manage the growth of your company more seamlessly, as new staff are easily trained and integrated into the smoothly running machine that is your company.
However, a CMMI 3 certifications rating is up for renewal in three years. This ensures that a high level of quality processes is maintained even as the company grows and staff move on to other opportunities.
5. Get into the game
Increasingly, large corporations and government institutions worldwide are making a high CMMI 3 certifications rating a requirement to qualify to tender for the software development/upgrade business.
It's not even about winning the tender. It's more about being allowed to play the game in the first place.
6. Demonstrate your company is most likely to succeed
Barry Dwolatzky, director of the Joburg School of Software Engineering at Wits University in South Africa cites a recent Standish Group study which says 65% of large-scale software development projects fail.
So, government institutions and large corporations use CMMI 3 certifications to determine how successful the contract bidders have been in the past, helping them minimize the risk of failure by hiring the candidate most likely to deliver the project on deadline, on budget.
7. Attract global business
Nidhi Srivastava, a director of India's Tata Consulting Service's North American operations says delivering to best practice standards, as measured using CMMI 3 certifications, ITIL, Six Sigma, contributed strongly to India's growth as a favored global IT outsourcing destination.
The Indian IT seeing an average annual growth of 28%, with over 255 Fortune 500 companies served by the Indian IT industry, he says.
India has over 70 companies with a top CMMI rating of 5, with more than 45% of CMMI Capability Maturity Model Integration maturity level 5 certification assessed companies are from India, he says.
The Indian IT seeing an average annual growth of 28%, with over 255 Fortune 500 companies served by the Indian IT industry, he says. India has over 70 companies with a top CMMI rating of 5, with more than 45% of CMMI maturity level 5 assessed companies are from India, he says.
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