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IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering - Special issue on software measurement principles, techniques, and environments
More Than One Way to Measure Process Maturity
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Capability Maturity Model, Version 1.1
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Process Improvement and the Corporate Balance Sheet
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A Modular Software Process Mini-Assessment Method
IEEE Software
Experience Based Process Improvement
ECSQ '02 Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Software Quality
A quantitative and qualitative analysis of factors affecting software processes
Journal of Systems and Software
A maturity model for the implementation of software process improvement: an empirical study
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Using an expert panel to validate a requirements process improvement model
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Defining a Requirements Process Improvement Model
Software Quality Control
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Information and Software Technology
A measurement framework for assessing the maturity of requirements engineering process
Software Quality Control
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An instrument for measuring the maturity of requirements engineering process
PROFES'05 Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Product Focused Software Process Improvement
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Two years or more can pass between formal SEI (Software Engineering Institute) assessments using the Capability Maturity Model (CMM). An organization seeking to monitor its progress to a higher SEI level needs a method for internally conducting incremental assessments. The author provides one that has proven successful at Motorola. A method was developed for assessing progress to higher SEI levels that lets engineers and managers evaluate an organization's current status relative to the CMM and identify weak areas for immediate attention and improvement. This method serves as an effective means to ensure continuous process improvement as well as grassroots participation and support in achieving higher maturity levels. This progress-assessment process is not intended as a replacement for any formal assessment instruments developed by the SEI, but rather as an internal tool to help organizations prepare for a formal SEI assessment. Although the author provides examples in terms of CMM version 1.1, both the self-evaluation instrument and the progress-assessment process are generic enough for use with any (similar) later version of the SEI CMM by updating the worksheets and charts used.