Are the CMMI and the SW-CMM recognized at the international level?
The SW-CMM version 1.0 was released by the SEI in 1990. Version 1.1, a more stable version, was published in 1993 and saw immediate success within the international community. Vastly used by several segments of the industry and public organizations, it has inspired numerous applications and adaptations of the model. The release of version two was expected in 1998, and was the object of many preliminary publications which were largely circulated for revision. The SEI’s integration project of developed models recovered version two (unpublished) to re-issue it as the new integrated scheme called the CMMI. It is a tool largely prevalent, following a disciplined evolution involving the international software community. It is not a panacea or the final solution to the problems, but the SW-CMM (software) and the CMMI (software and systems) models represent, without any doubt, among the best references available on recommended practices for software development or maintenance. The SEI statisti
