Is CMMI Useful and Usable in Small Settings? One Example

Abstract

The Software Engineering Directorate (SED) of the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) in Huntsville, Alabama, acquires software-intensive systems and has more than 250 small companies in its supply chain. In order to determine the appropriateness of using Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI (Registered)) as supplier requirements, members of AMRDEC SED teamed with the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) to perform a technical feasibility study in 2003-2004. This article presents the motivation, the processes used, and the major results of the CMMI for Small Business pilot from the perspective of the team that worked on the pilot.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA487144

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  • Jacquelyn Langhout
  • Sandra Cepeda
  • Suzanne Garcia

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  • Computer science
  • Engineering

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  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
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