Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) is a process improvement approach whose goal is to help organizations improve their performance. CMMI can be used to guide process improvement across a project, a division, or an entire organization.

SMCE leverages CMMI as a process improvement approach to provide organizations with the essential elements for effective process improvement in software engineering and organizational development.

CMMI for Development
CMMI for Development (CMMI-DEV) is used for process improvement in development organizations. CMMI-DEV is a model or collection of “best practices” that organizations follow to dramatically improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and quality of their product and service development work. CMMI-DEV also is supported by training courses and appraisal methodologies to help organizations objectively measure their improvement progress.

CMMI for Acquisition
CMMI for Acquisition (CMMI-ACQ) is a best practices model that can help you improve relationships with your suppliers by helping you improve your own processes. It can be used to increase your control of projects, better manage global sourcing of products and services, and more successfully acquire solutions that meet your organization's needs.  Watch the CMMI-ACQ video.

CMMI for Services
The guidance provided by CMMI for Services (CMMI-SVC) to establish, manage, and deliver services that meet or exceed customer needs may be just what you need to answer these and other important questions. To understand what CMMI-SVC can do for you, see the latest CMMI for Services Overview or the latest CMMI for Services Webinar.

People CMM
The People CMM is a maturity framework that describes the key elements of managing and developing the workforce of an organization. It describes an evolutionary improvement path from an ad hoc approach to managing the work-force, to a mature, disciplined development of the knowledge, skills, and motivation of the people that fuels enhanced business performance.