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Need for the People Capability Maturity ModelSM
In order to improve their performance, organizations must focus on three interrelated components—people, process, and technology—shown in Figure1. With the help of the Capability Maturity ModelSM for Software (CMMSM), many software organizations have made cost-effective, lasting improvements in their software processes and practices. Yet many of these organizations have discovered that their continued improvement requires significant changes in the way they manage, develop, and use their people for developing and maintaining software and information systems—changes that are not fully accounted for in the CMM. To date, improvement programs for software organizations have often emphasized process or technology, not people.
Figure 1: Three Components of Improvement Focus
To provide guidance to organizations that want to improve the way they address these people-related issues, the SEI has developed the People Capability Maturity ModelSM (P-CMMSM). The P-CMM is a maturity framework, patterned after the structure of the CMM that focuses on continuously improving the management and development of the human assets of a software or information systems organization. The P-CMM provides guidance on how to continuously improve the ability of software organizations to attract, develop, motivate, organize, and retain the talent needed to steadily improve their software development capability. The strategic objectives of the P-CMM are to
improve the capability of software organizations by increasing the capability of their workforce
ensure that software development capability is an attribute of the organization rather than of a few individuals
align the motivation of individuals with that of the organization
retain human assets (i.e., people with critical knowledge and skills) within the organization
In order to improve their performance, organizations must focus on three interrelated components—people, process, and technology—shown in Figure1. With the help of the Capability Maturity ModelSM for Software (CMMSM), many software organizations have made cost-effective, lasting improvements in their software processes and practices. Yet many of these organizations have discovered that their continued improvement requires significant changes in the way they manage, develop, and use their people for developing and maintaining software and information systems—changes that are not fully accounted for in the CMM. To date, improvement programs for software organizations have often emphasized process or technology, not people.
Figure 1: Three Components of Improvement Focus
To provide guidance to organizations that want to improve the way they address these people-related issues, the SEI has developed the People Capability Maturity ModelSM (P-CMMSM). The P-CMM is a maturity framework, patterned after the structure of the CMM that focuses on continuously improving the management and development of the human assets of a software or information systems organization. The P-CMM provides guidance on how to continuously improve the ability of software organizations to attract, develop, motivate, organize, and retain the talent needed to steadily improve their software development capability. The strategic objectives of the P-CMM are to
improve the capability of software organizations by increasing the capability of their workforce
ensure that software development capability is an attribute of the organization rather than of a few individuals
align the motivation of individuals with that of the organization
retain human assets (i.e., people with critical knowledge and skills) within the organization