rob@perle.UUCP (Rob McDougall) (06/20/89)
I read an article in the June issue of Electronics magazine
called 'It's Time To Grow Up', written by Jack Shandle.
The piece describes the levels of maturity of all software
companies in terms of five levels. The first level is
characterized by being 'chaotic', and is occupied by 84% of
the companies surveyed. The second level is 'intuitive' and
is occupied by only 14% of the companies surveyed, while the
third level or 'quantitative' level is occupied by a meager
2%. No companies were in the fourth or fifth levels.
The information in the article was from an organization based
in Pittsburgh at Carnegie Mellon University, called the
Software Engineering Institute (SEI), directed by Watts
Humphery.
I am very interested in finding more out about the ranking
system used by SEI, and was wondering if anyone out there
knew of any information relating to them, or knew of any
contacts within the company that I could get in touch with.
Your help is appreciated.
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Rob McDougall Perle Systems Inc; Scarborough, Ontario
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UUCP: ....!uunet!mnetor!perle!robbwalker@marlin.NOSC.MIL (Beth Walker) (06/21/89)
The SEI Joint Program Office has published a technical report on the methodology used. Technical Report CMU/SEI-87-TR-23 ESD-TR-87-186 Title: A Method for Assessing the Software Engineering Capability of Contractors. Authors: W.S. Humphrey and W.L. Sweet The copy I have says that the document is available through the Defense Technical Information Center. The address given is: Defense Technical Information Center Attn: FDRA Cameron Station Alexandria, VA 22304-6145