CMMI®Distilled: A Practical Introduction to Integrated Process Improvement

Chapter 4

CMMI Content

All that is gold does not glitter,Not all who wander are lost.

—J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring (1954)

I have gathered a posie of other men’s flowers,and nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own.

—John Bartlett, Preface to Familiar Quotations (1901)

What’s in a Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) model, and how can your organization use it? At several hundred pages in length, the CMMI models seem formidable to even the most experienced process improvement champion. With just a little understanding of how the models are put together and what kind of material is presented, however, you can begin ...