CMMI: Strengthening capabilities for high performance

For 30+ years, high-performing organizations have achieved clear, sustainable business results with the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI®) maturity model.  

Originally created for the U.S. Department of Defense to assess the quality and capability of their software contractors, CMMI models have expanded beyond software engineering to help organizations around the world, in any industry, understand their current level of capability and performance and offer a guide to optimize business results. 

Today, the CMMI Artificial Intelligence Maturity (CMMI AIM) model helps organizations integrate fragmented AI practices and standards into an efficient, structured pathway to AI maturity. 

The full CMMI product suite provides best practices that enable businesses to improve performance of their key capabilities, providing a clear roadmap for building, improving, and benchmarking capabilities.

The CMMI Performance Numbers Speak for Themselves

22%
REDUCTION IN DEFECTS
13%
Improved Overall Productivity
13%
Reduction in Schedule Variance
8%
IMPROVEMENT IN CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
9%
Increase in on-time delivery

What is CMMI AIM?

Chaos & Risk > Structure & Cohesion > Validation & Trust > Value & Growth

Without unified structure and defined maturity progression, efforts to optimize artificial intelligence implementation are difficult to scale, measure, or validate at the enterprise level. The results? Fragmented execution, siloed and inconsistent oversight, and diminishing return on AI investment. 

CMMI AIM is a maturity model within the CMMI framework that integrates fragmented AI practices and standards into structured AI maturity progression and defined capability levels with independent appraisal — providing the enterprise foundation to govern, align, and maximize the value of AI technologies and platforms. 

CMMI AIM allows AI-focused organizations benefit from: 

  • Informed AI innovation and strategic decision making 
  • Measurable AI value for verifiable improvement and cost reduction
  • Adaptive resilience to manage AI risks with agility
  • Future-proof governance to efficiently navigate AI regulatory changes and market shifts 

The CMMI AIM framework is comprised of key assets including the CMMI Model Viewer Plus, CMMI AIM Training & Certification pathways, and CMMI AIM Appraisal.

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CMMI Performance Solutions help organizations quickly understand their current level of capability and performance in the context of their own business objectives and compared to similar organizations. CMMI Performance Solutions is an integrated product suite that provides a clear and proven path to achieve your business objectives.

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