The following are some of the benefits and business reasons for implementing
process improvement:
The CMMI Product Suite is at the forefront of process improvement because it
provides the latest best practices for product and service development and
maintenance. The CMMI models improve the best practices of previous models in
many important ways. CMMI best practices enable organizations to do the
following:
more explicitly link management and engineering activities to their
business objectives
expand the scope of and visibility into the product lifecycle and
engineering activities to ensure that the product or service meets customer
expectations
incorporate lessons learned from additional areas of best practice
(e.g., measurement, risk management, and supplier management)
implement more robust high-maturity practices
address additional organizational functions critical to their products
and services
more fully comply with relevant ISO standards
