CMM criticisms
Who says that an organization is “Level n”?
- SEI trains and accredits assessors
- Detailed scoring method in SEI book
- But does not prescribe specific methods, so there is lots of room for interpretation
Purpose & potential misuse of model
- Originally for self-assessment and organizational learning
- Increasingly used by DoD for contractor qualification
Scope of model
- Tends to ignore different needs of different development environments
- Emphasis on DoD contractual development
- Emphasis on big, mission-critical projects
- Assumes development of non-experimental systems