The Capability Maturity Model (CMM) has obtained world-wide status as a premier process improvement framework. This influence has not gone unnoticed by the academic community who has utilized the CMM as a key construct representing a firm’s IT project management and development capabilities. However, an examination of the current state of research reveals no consensus on how to best operational...

To test the cognitive mediation model (CMM), a virtual lab study was carried out where participants (N = 602) read 1 of 5 cancer news articles and completed a knowledge posttest (assessing recognition and comprehension). Results were consistent with the CMM and past news learning research, as (a) news surveillance motivation was positively related to story comprehension (but not recognition of ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) and conventional medical management (CMM) compared with CMM alone for patients with failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS), complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), peripheral arterial disease (PAD), and refractory angina pectoris (RAP). DESIGN Markov models were developed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of SCS vs CMM...

the present article discusses and presents a new and comprehensive approachaimed at measuring the maturity and quality of software processes. this method has beendesigned on the basis of the software capability maturity model (sw-cmm) and themulti-level fuzzy inference model and is used as a measurement and analysis tool. among themost important characteristics of this method one can mention si...

Active Brownian particles (ABPs), obeying a nonlinear Langevin equation with speed-dependent drift and noise amplitude, are well-known models used to describe self-propelled motion in biology. In this paper we study a model describing the stochastic dynamics of a group of coupled molecular motors (CMMs). Using two independent numerical methods, one based on the stationary velocity distribution ...

Multiple solutions to problems of software development have been proposed such as development methodologies, management models and software tools. The function of software maintenance, on the other hand, has not known such infatuation despite its share of the software budget in organizations: between 50% and 70% of the software budget. The software maintenance function suffers from a scarcity o...

This paper provides an overview of the latest version of the Capability Maturity Model for Software, CMM v1.1. Based on over six years of experience with software process improvement and the contributions of hundreds of reviewers, CMM v1.1 describes the software engineering and management practices that characterize organizations as they mature their processes for developing and maintaining sof...

In this paper, we describe a new technique for identifying cultural consensus called Cultural Mixture Modeling (CMM). This technique adopts finite mixture modeling, and introduces a new probabilistic formulation of agreement, which we call the strong consensus model. We use this technique to examine the cultural belief data from Weller (1983; 1984) and social network data from Krackhardt (1987)...

1CMM (Capability Maturity Model) is becoming a standard for organisations asking for a roadmap to evaluate and improve maturity of their processes in developing software/systems. Implementation of the CMM is also an important current activity in research & development at Iskratel, Ltd. The paper presents our experience with the use of the SE-CMM (Systems Engineering CMM), particularly with the ...