Capability Maturity Model
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The Capability Maturity Model is a framework that assesses and guides the improvement of an organization’s software development and process management practices through defined maturity levels.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Capability Maturity Model Integration | 3 |
| CMMI | 2 |
| Capability Maturity Model canonical | 2 |
| CMM for Software | 1 |
| CMMI for Services | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3796790 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Capability Maturity Model Context triple: [Software Engineering Institute, notableWork, Capability Maturity Model]
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A.
ISO/IEC 15288
ISO/IEC 15288 is an international standard that defines a common framework of processes for the life cycle management of systems, from conception through retirement.
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B.
ISO/IEC 12207
ISO/IEC 12207 is an international standard that defines a comprehensive framework and set of processes for the life cycle management of software systems.
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C.
ISO/IEC 9126
ISO/IEC 9126 is an international standard that defines a quality model and related metrics for evaluating and describing software product quality.
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D.
IEEE 12207
IEEE 12207 is an international standard that defines processes, activities, and tasks for the life cycle management of software systems.
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E.
NIST Cybersecurity Framework
The NIST Cybersecurity Framework is a widely adopted set of guidelines and best practices designed to help organizations manage and reduce cybersecurity risk through a structured, risk-based approach.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Capability Maturity Model Target entity description: The Capability Maturity Model is a framework that assesses and guides the improvement of an organization’s software development and process management practices through defined maturity levels.
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A.
ISO/IEC 15288
ISO/IEC 15288 is an international standard that defines a common framework of processes for the life cycle management of systems, from conception through retirement.
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B.
ISO/IEC 12207
ISO/IEC 12207 is an international standard that defines a comprehensive framework and set of processes for the life cycle management of software systems.
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C.
ISO/IEC 9126
ISO/IEC 9126 is an international standard that defines a quality model and related metrics for evaluating and describing software product quality.
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D.
IEEE 12207
IEEE 12207 is an international standard that defines processes, activities, and tasks for the life cycle management of software systems.
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E.
NIST Cybersecurity Framework
The NIST Cybersecurity Framework is a widely adopted set of guidelines and best practices designed to help organizations manage and reduce cybersecurity risk through a structured, risk-based approach.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
organizational maturity model
ⓘ
process maturity model ⓘ software process improvement framework ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | CMM ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
IT organizations
ⓘ
software development organizations ⓘ software maintenance organizations ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| definesNumberOfLevels | 5 ⓘ |
| developedAt |
Carnegie Mellon University
ⓘ
linked to:
CMU
|
| developedBy | Software Engineering Institute ⓘ |
| field |
process management
ⓘ
quality management ⓘ software engineering ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
continuous process improvement
ⓘ
process control ⓘ process measurement ⓘ process standardization ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
common features
ⓘ
goals ⓘ key practices ⓘ key process areas ⓘ maturity levels ⓘ |
| hasMaturityLevel |
Defined
ⓘ
Initial ⓘ Managed ⓘ Optimizing ⓘ Repeatable ⓘ |
| influenced |
Capability Maturity Model Integration
ⓘ
linked to:
Capability Maturity Model
|
| maturityLevel1Name | Initial ⓘ |
| maturityLevel2Name | Repeatable ⓘ |
| maturityLevel3Name | Defined ⓘ |
| maturityLevel4Name | Managed ⓘ |
| maturityLevel5Name | Optimizing ⓘ |
| notableVersion |
CMM for Software
ⓘ
linked to:
Capability Maturity Model
|
| originPeriod | late 1980s ⓘ |
| purpose |
assess software development processes
ⓘ
guide process improvement ⓘ improve organizational capability ⓘ increase software product quality ⓘ reduce software development risk ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
process maturity
ⓘ
software process assessment ⓘ |
| relatedStandard |
ISO 15504
ⓘ
linked to:
ISO/IEC 15504
SPICE ⓘ |
| shortName | CMM ⓘ |
| status | superseded by CMMI ⓘ |
| usedFor |
benchmarking organizational maturity
ⓘ
guiding process improvement programs ⓘ process capability assessment ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Capability Maturity Model Description of subject: The Capability Maturity Model is a framework that assesses and guides the improvement of an organization’s software development and process management practices through defined maturity levels.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Software Engineering Institute (Carnegie Mellon University)
subject linked to:
Software Engineering Institute (Carnegie Mellon University)
linked to: Capability Maturity Model
linked to: Capability Maturity Model
linked to: Capability Maturity Model
linked to: Capability Maturity Model
linked to: Capability Maturity Model
subject linked to:
ISO/IEC 20000-12: Information technology — Service management — Part 12: Guidance on the relationship between ISO/IEC 20000-1 and service management frameworks: CMMI-SVC
linked to: Capability Maturity Model