CMMI was developed by an integration of many different models into one single framework with the aim of improving the usability of maturity models especially for software engineering and other engineering disciplines by members of industry, government and the Software Engineering Institute.
As one of the engineering and manufacturing methodologies used to eliminate waste and improve productivity, the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) is a process improvement training and appraisal approach that provides the essential elements of effective processes to organizations, guiding process improvement across a project in the organization, a division in the organization or across the entire organization. The structure of the CMMI is such that it comes with either the staged representation or the continuous representation. The staged model representation groups process areas into three maturity levels. Three maturity levels for processes are defined by CMMI - the initial, managed and defined levels of maturity. The continuous representation has capability levels defined within each profile and are aimed at making the user focus on the specific processes which are important for an organization's short term business objectives. An organization is appraised in CMMI depending on the maturity level and cannot be certified.
Some of the advantages of using CMMI border on the increased probability of success brought about by the substantial reduction in systems integration and test time. It also promotes integration and interaction among the various engineering functions in an organization.
A tool that can be used is CMMI for Development, Version 1.3 (CMMI-DEV, V1.3) which is a tool that is intended to support the development and maintenance of secure products (Siemens, 2013).
REFERENCES
Simens AG (2013). Security by Design with CMMI for Development, Version 1.3 An Application Guide for Improving Processes for Secure Products. PDF. Retrieved from
http://cmmiinstitute.com/sites/default/files/resource_asset/Security-by-Design-with-CMMI-for-Development%20V1.3.pdf
