Capability Maturity Model Integration

Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) is a standardized method employed to assess maturity of an organization. Moreover, the purpose of CMMI model is to assess the maturity of an organization’s processes and to provide guidance on improving those processes

There are five CMMI levels, namely:

• Level 1: Initial – the organization has unpredictable processes that are poorly controlled. This is reactive measure.
• Level 2: Managed – begins to implement organized processes on a per-project basis but is still operating in reactive mode
• Level 3: Defined – the organization has proactive standard processes that are used organization wide and are adapted for use within each project
• Level 4: Quantitatively managed – organizations build measurement and controls on top of their processes to allow them to quickly identify and remediate deficiencies and address security control gaps before issues arise
• Level 5: Optimizing – organizations use a continuous process improvement approach to adjust and fine-tune the way that they work to achieve peak efficiency and effectiveness