Capability Maturity Model The Capability Maturity Model (CMM) is a development model created in 1986 after a study of data collected from organizations that contracted with the U.S. Department of Defense, who funded the research. The term "maturity" relates to the degree of ...
, and first produced by the Illinois Institute of Technology.Article in Crosstalk I. Burnstein, A. Homyen, R. Grom and C.R. Carlson, “A Model to Assess Testing Process Maturity”, CROSSTALK 1998, Software Technology Support Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah
Its aim to be used in a similar way to CMM, that is to provide a framework for assessing the maturity of the test processes in an organisation, and so providing targets on improving maturity.
Each level from 2 upwards has a defined set of processes and goals, which lead to practices and sub-practices.
The TMM has been since replaced {{Webarchive, url=https://archive.today/20090802014440/http://www.tmmifoundation.org/html/tmmiref.html , date=2009-08-02 , Sources of TMMi by the Test Maturity Model integration and is now managed by the TMMI Foundation.TMMi Foundation TMMi Foundation