Editing Capability Maturity Model (section)

{{Short description|Assessment of software development processes}}
The '''Capability Maturity Model''' ('''CMM''') is a development model created in 1986 after a study of data collected from organizations that contracted with the [[U.S. Department of Defense]], who funded the research.  The term "maturity" relates to the degree of formality and [[optimization]] of processes, from ''[[ad hoc]]'' practices, to formally defined steps, to managed result metrics, to active optimization of the processes.

The model's aim is to improve existing [[software development]] processes, but it can also be applied to other processes.

In 2006, the Software Engineering Institute at [[Carnegie Mellon University]] developed the [[Capability Maturity Model Integration]], which has largely superseded the CMM and addresses some of its drawbacks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brighthubpm.com/certification/69744-cmmi-vs-cmm-which-is-better/|title=The Difference Between CMMI vs CMM|last=Nayab|first=N.|date=2010-04-27|website=Bright Hub PM|access-date=2020-02-15}}</ref>