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Software Process Assessments

SEI CMMI Services

The quality of a software product is only as good as the process used to develop and maintain it. Whether a software organization is competing in the marketplace or trying to satisfy internal requirements, its software process is a critical success factor. Well thought out improvements to the process will significantly contribute to the organization's performance.

A Software Process Assessment is a catalyst for initiating meaningful process improvement and can help your organization break through the barriers that constrain quality and productivity. It will allow you to establish and focus a process improvement program that will result in:
  • Increased customer satisfaction
  • Lower development and maintenance costs
  • Reduced cycle time
What is a Software Process Assessment?
Capability Maturity Model
A software process assessment is an objective self- appraisal of an organization's software development capability. Our assessment services include both a comprehensive SEI Authorized CMMI Assessment and a short-cut approach. Both are based on the Software Engineering Institute’s (SEI) widely-accepted Capability Maturity Model® Integration (CMMI), which characterizes how a software organization matures, or improves, in its ability to develop software (see figure) and serves as a framework for becoming a world-class software organization.

Each process assessment is structured to ensure that aspects of software development that are unique to your organization or industry are addressed. For example, an assessment in a commercial software organization may examine the process for incorporating customer feedback in product design.

We conduct a process assessment as a collaborative effort, involving your software professionals in all assessment activities so that all participants gain a common understanding of the current software process and reach consensus on the critical process issues.

After conducting training in the CMMI and the assessment methodology, we will lead your assessment team through an intense five to eight-day period of fact-finding, analysis and review of issues, and presentation of findings to senior management and participants.

What can you expect from a Software Process Assessment?

At the completion of an SEI CMMI Assessment you will have:
  • Objective findings that identify the strengths and weaknesses of the current software process.
  • A profile of the current process relative to the CMMI.
  • An SEI maturity level rating.
  • A sound basis for developing a strategic improvement plan.
  • For organizations seeking ISO 9001 registration, a starting point for efficiently implementing the standard's requirements.
For more information ...

Please contact us to discuss how we can help profile your existing Quality Assurance/Quality Control environment and help you achieve your quality and productivity goals. Call us at 781-438-2692 or use our Email response form to request more information. Click here and indicate your interest and/or questions using the 'Subject' and 'Text' sections.

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