Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon

Software Capability Evaluation (SCE) Version 1.5 Method Description

E. Averill
P. Byrnes
M. F. Dedolph
J. Maphis
W. Mead
R. Puranik

Technical Report
CMU/SEI-93-TR-017

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This report describes Version 1.5 of the Software Capability Evaluation (SCE) method, as taught at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) from January 992 to June 1993. This version of the SCE method is based on the process maturity framework defined in Characterizing the Software Process: A Maturity Framework (CMU/SEI-87-TR-011), which predates Version 1.0 of the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) described in Capability Maturity Model for Software (CMU/SEI-93-TR-024). The document includes a background overview of the SCE method and its evolution, a detailed description of the activities performed during an SCE, and a discussion of the characteristics of the method and their implications for the use of the method. This "as built" description provides a baseline for future evolution of the SCE method.