Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon

Software Acquisition Capability Maturity Model Pilot Appraisal Report, Version 1.0

Jack R. Ferguson
Lawrence G. Jones
Jan Philpot

Special Report
CMU/SEI-96-SR-004

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This document summarizes five pilot appraisals performed from the third quarter of 1995 through the first quarter of 1996 using the Software Acquisition Capability Maturity Model (SA-CMM). The pilot appraisals used Version 0.01 of the SA-CMM, published in June 1995; Version 0.02 of the SA-CMM, published in February 1996; and the CMM-based appraisal methodology for internal process improvement (CBA IPI), tailored for use with the SA-CMM.