7. Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) - tud.ttu.ee

Staged Models• The CMM for Software is the primary example ofa staged model51Continuous Models• Continuous models provide less specific guidance on theorder in which improvement should be accomplished.• They are called continuous because no discrete stagesare associated with organizational maturity.• Like the staged models, continuous models haveprocess areas that contain practices.• Unlike in staged models, however, the practices of aprocess area in a continuous model are organized in amanner that supports individual process area growth andimprovement.• Most of the practices associated with processimprovement are generic; they are external to theindividual process areas and apply to all process areas5226