a standardized framework for assessing the maturity level of an organization’s information system development and management processes and products.

• Capability Maturity Model (CMM)

• Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM)

• Component Maintenance Manual (CMM)

• Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM)

First Level of Capability Maturity Model

• Initial

• Repeatable

• Defined

• Managed

• Optimized

Second Level of Capability Maturity Model

• Initial

• Repeatable

• Defined

• Managed

• Optimized

Third Level of Capability Maturity Model

• Initial

• Repeatable

• Defined

• Managed

• Optimized

Fourth Level of Capability Maturity Model

• Initial

• Repeatable

• Defined

• Managed

• Optimized

Fifth Level of Capability Maturity Model

• Initial

• Repeatable

• Defined

• Managed

• Optimized

A standardized development process that defines a set of activities, methods, best practices, deliverables, and automated tools that system developers and project managers are to use to develop and continuously improve information systems and software.

• System Development Methodology

• Process Management

• Project Management

• Decision Analysis

An ongoing activity that documents, manages, oversees the use of, and improves an organization’s chosen methodology for system development.

• System Development Methodology

• Process Management

• Project Management

• Decision Analysis

The process of scoping, planning, staffing, organizing, directing, and controlling a project to develop an information system at a minimum cost, within a specified time frame, and with acceptable quality.

• System Development Methodology

• Process Management

• Project Management

• Decision Analysis

Decision Analysis Phase that evaluates: Is the solution technically practical? Does our staff have the technical expertise to design and build this solution?

• Technical Feasibility

• Operational Feasibility

• Economic Feasibility

• Schedule Feasibility

• Risk Feasibility