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Keymind Achieves CMMI-DEV® Level 3
May 14, 2008
Falls Church, Virginia. Keymind, A Division of Axiom Resource Management, Inc. has been successfully appraised at Level 3 (version 1.2) of the Software Engineering Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration for Development® (CMMI-DEV). Level 3 of the CMMI, which defines processes at the organizational level, focuses on software and systems-engineering processes and practices.
The Standard CMMI Appraisal for Process Improvement A (SCAMPI-A) for Level 3 was conducted March 31-April 4, 2008 using the continuous representation. Keymind achieved a capability level of 3 in all 18 process areas affiliated with the model and can now compete for contracts for which CMMI is a prerequisite or an evaluative factor.
“Keymind is committed to improving the quality of the products we develop and the services we offer,” said Shane Oleson, president of the Keymind Division. “Since achieving Level 2 in October 2005, and now Level 3, our software development projects have become more streamlined and focused, and ultimately, more successful for our clients.”
This energizing news was greeted with much enthusiasm by Axiom’s partners, Kevin Riley and A. Douglas Peardon. “We are very proud of the entire Keymind staff, who worked extremely hard to achieve this coveted and difficult-to-achieve milestone,” said Mr. Riley. Mr. Peardon adds: “It is a quantum leap for our team; we are excited about our increasing ability to secure contracts in an ever-widening arena.”
The evaluators observed some particular strengths in Keymind’s methodology: wireframes that facilitate end-user understanding, an automated continuous build process, a standard technical architecture, and a fully iterative (agile) software development lifecycle approach.
About CMMI
A maturity model is a structured collection of elements that describe certain aspects of an organization’s maturity. CMMI is a process capability maturity model that helps to define and understand an organization's processes. The Software Engineering Institute (SEI), at Carnegie Mellon University, began developing the model in 1986. The original model was intended as an evaluative tool to measure government contractors’ ability to perform a contracted software project by rating the maturity of organizations from levels 1 to 5, with 5 being the most mature. The maturity rating is often used as a prerequisite or an evaluation factor for U.S. Federal, state/local, and commercial contracts. Though CMMI’s origins are in software development, its scope has widened; it now assists evaluators in understanding the process capability maturity of organizations in diverse areas, including system engineering, project management, risk management, system acquisition, information technology, and personnel management.
View Keymind’s published results: http://sas.sei.cmu.edu/pars/pars_detail.aspx?a=10880.
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