July 07 2009

What are the types of CMMI representation available?

An organization may choose to approach process improvement from either the

  • Process area capability improvement approach
  • Organizational maturity improvement approach

CMMI models support each approach with a representation.

Continuous Representation

“Designed to best support the process area capability improvement approach ” Uses six capability levels, capability profiles, target staging and equivalent staging as organizing principles for the model components.
Staged Representation

“Designed to best support the organizational maturity improvement approach ” Organizes the process area into five maturity levels to support and guide process improvement.