Software Process Maturity Assessment

The scope of Software Process Assessment includes many components like it should cover all the processes in the organisation, a selected subset of the software process or a specific project. The idea of process maturity serves as the foundation for the majority of standard-based process evaluation methodologies.

Though an organisation is the assessment objective, even when the same approach is applied again, the outcomes of a process evaluation may vary. The different results are mainly due to two reasons. The reasons are that the organization that is being investigated must be determined. When the company is very large it is possible for the company to have different definitions due to which the actual scope of appraisal may be different in successive assessments. Even if it is the same organization the sample of projects selected to represent the organization may affect the scope and result. Process maturity is important when the organisation intended to embark on an long term improvement strategy. 

Software Process Assessment is a disciplined and organized examination of the software process which is being used by any organization bases the on the process model. The Software Process Assessment includes many fields and parts like identification and characterization of current practices, the ability of current practices to control or avoid significant causes of poor (software) quality, cost, schedule and  identifying areas of strengths and weaknesses of the software.