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SEI CMMI® Maturity Level 3
Harris was officially assessed at Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) Capability Maturity Model® Integration (CMMI®) Maturity Level 3 on November 10, 2005. Rick Barbour of SEI, an authorized and independent SEI Lead Appraiser, led a team of trained assessors, including two external representatives sponsored by Harris customers. The registered appraisal was performed using the SEI Standard CMMI® Appraisal Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPISM) against the CMMI® for Systems Engineering and Software Engineering (CMMI®-SE/SW). The appraisal measured process and product excellence using an integrated set of processes applied across our functional organizations.
CMMI® Maturity Level 3 organizations have demonstrated that they are more productive, have fewer delivered defects, have lower risk for development, and more consistently meet cost and schedule objectives. The CMMI® Maturity Level 3 rating denotes superior process maturity within the company's program management, engineering, quality assurance, and other disciplines. This maturity level is increasingly becoming a competitive differentiator on many government programs and is consistent with the Harris culture of continuous improvement and commitment to excellence.
As a licensed organization of the SEI Partner Network, Harris improves processes through proactive application of industry standards and through feedback from continuous assessments of process compliance and effectiveness at the program and organizational levels. Legacy functional processes were integrated into a set of essential, cross-functional processes against which compliance is regularly verified and reported on all programs. Periodic process assessments are conducted, both internal and external, to judge the level of implementation and institutionalization. The improvement process initiatives are guided by an executive level Process Council and executed through a Process Group.
The SEI is a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense and operated by Carnegie Mellon University. Since 1984 the SEI has had the national mandate to advance the state of the practice of engineering and to serve as a national resource in engineering and technology. The SEI advances engineering and related disciplines to ensure the development and operation of systems with predictable and improved cost, schedule, and quality.
For more information, contact us at dpg@harris.com.
Capability Maturity Model and CMMI are registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by Carnegie Mellon University.
SCAMPI is a service mark of Carnegie Mellon University.
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