Can anyone tell me about "capability maturity framework"?

Question

I think it's somehow connected to managing Information Technology.. Maybe someone expert can give me a clue?

Need it for my project. =)

Answer 1

It something that was developed at Carnegie Mellon's Software Engineering Institute, years ago. The Software CMM is being phased out and is no longer supported by the SEI.

Read the second source for more information.



from the 1st source:
In November 1986, the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) with assistance from the Mitre Corporation began developing a process maturity framework that would assist organizations in improving their software process. This effort was initiated in response to a request to provide the federal government with a method for assessing the capability of their software contractors. In September 1987, the SEI released a brief description of the process maturity framework and a maturity questionnaire (CMU/SEI-87-TR-23). The SEI intended the maturity questionnaire to provide a simple tool for identifying areas where an organization's software process needed improvement. Unfortunately, the questionnaire was too often regarded as "the model" rather than as a vehicle for exploring process maturity issues.