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July 2002
Introduction
Levels: CMMs identify
levels that guide process improvement
- an improvement path
•Capability levels are groups of practices that work together to enhance the capability of any process
•Maturity levels are groups of processes that are staged or placed together to guide what might be improved first or next
•There are 6 capability levels (0 through 5) described next
(Maturity levels are
described later)