Does a SCAMPI appraisal provide a certificate of maturity, as official recognition of the status?
An assessment conducted with the SCAMPI method finishes with a presentation of the findings (optionally by delivery of a report) to the manager who requested the assessment, in presence of all the participants. The results belong to the sponsor, who will decide its further diffusion. No certificate is emitted to the company or agency assessed. In order to support its claims of being classified in a specific maturity level, the company has to show, as needed, the results of the SCAMPI. However, the SEI guarantees the quality of its lead assessors, through its accreditation process. Although the accredited lead assessors send the results of all the evaluations conducted to them, the SEI does not provide any nominative information in this regard. The data is only used for analysis purposes and for the generation of periodic statistics. The SEI’s position reflects its purpose of putting emphasis not only in just achieving certain results at one point, but rather on maintaining, in the long
