What is the concrete impact of CMMI for organizations who already use the SW-CMM or who are considering using it?
The CMMI version 1.0 was published commercially on August 11, 2000, and version 1.1 (a much more stable version, if we rely on the story of the SW-CMM ) was published in the beginning of 2002. The information can be found on the SEI’s CMMI pages. The SEI has already confirmed that it will maintain full support of the SW-CMM version 1.1 for a period of several years following the publication of the CMMI version 1.1; the latest official statement from the SEI states that the deadline to train new CBA IPI leads (based on the SW-CMM) is end 2003, which gives an additional two years to conduct CBA IPI assessments. With the certification cycle being two years, we are talking about end 2005. It has already been established that the cross over from one to the other will be aided by transition paths proposed by and supported by the SEI. The bottom line is that if the SW-CMM 1.1 currently satisfies the needs of a company investing in software process improvement, there is no need to stop or to s
