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The following are some of the benefits and business reasons for implementing process improvement:
The CMMI Product Suite is at the forefront of process improvement because it provides the latest best
practices for product and service development and maintenance. The CMMI models improve the best
practices of previous models in many important ways. CMMI best practices enable organizations to do
the following:
- more explicitly link management and engineering activities to their business objectives
- expand the scope of and visibility into the product lifecycle and engineering activities to ensure
that the product or service meets customer expectations
- incorporate lessons learned from additional areas of best practice (e.g., measurement, risk
management, and supplier management)
- implement more robust high-maturity practices
- address additional organizational functions critical to their products and services
- more fully comply with relevant ISO standards
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