Capability Maturity Model
SW-CMM Key Process Areas and Goals

Level 1, Initial

• Team tackles projects in different ways at different times.
• Frequent crises and "firefighting". 
• Can have strong successes, but may not apply those methods on next project. 
• Some time and cost estimates are accurate, but many are far off.
• Success depends on smart people doing the right things. 
• Hard to recover from good people leaving. 

Level 2, Repeatable -- Page 76 of SW-CMM pdf.

Level 3, Defined -- Page 78 of SW-CMM pdf.

Level 4, Managed -- Page 79 of SW-CMM pdf.

Level 5, Optimizing -- Page 80 of SW-CMM pdf.

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Copyright 2001 by Charles H. Connell Jr.