CMMI: The DOD Perspective

Abstract

Computers and software have permeated every aspect of the military. The Department of Defense (DoD) faces an ever-increasing demand on systems and software engineering to solve the complexities of an interconnected battlespace. Capability Maturation Model(R) Integration (CMMI) is a process improvement approach that help organizations to integrate disparate functions and legacy systems. Many DoD contractors advertise high levels of process capability or organizational maturity as measured by either the Continuous or Staged representations of Capability Maturity Model Integration, yet from the perspective of acquisition program managers on some high visibility individual programs, strong systems engineering and project management practices still appear to be lacking. This briefing looks at the issues plaguing DoD's attempts at smooth integration and how CMMI version1.2 had act as part of the solution.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA470443

Entities

People

  • Rick Barbour

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Business Administration
  • Command And Control
  • Configuration Management
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Management Personnel
  • Program Management
  • Project Management
  • Software Development
  • Systems Engineering
  • Systems Management
  • Universities
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Systems Analysis and Design