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

CMMI transition project: Schedule• Consider the following guidelines:– Making the transition to CMMI is like implementing othercultural changes in an organization;• the further the starting point on the journey, the longer the trip willtake.– Based on SEI measurements on implementing the CMM forSoftware, organizations with little existing infrastructures orexperience with process improvement projects typically require18 to 24 months to reach maturity level 2.• To reach maturity level 3 typically requires an additional 12months.– Organizations at higher maturity or capability levels in softwareand systems engineering will probably require one year,depending upon the current measurement programs and thenumber of new processes that need to be developed androlled out.• Typically, new processes take at least six months to be rolled outin an organization.105CMMI as an Enterprise Process-Improvement Framework53