Capability maturity levels – Continuous quality
The model illustrated in Figure 4.6 presents a continuous quality CMM with five levels:
- Level 1: Manual & Unmeasured (Chaos) – This level is characterized by limited communication about quality, manual quality checks, disparate non-integrated tools, and minimal quality metrics tracking:
- People: Limited communication about quality. Reactive approach.
- Process: Manual quality checks. No integration into the development life cycle.
- Technology: Disparate, non-integrated quality tools.
- Metrics: Few, if any, quality metrics. Minimal tracking.
- Level 2: Continuous Integration (CI) – Features some collaboration between development and QA teams on quality, automated quality checks during CI, basic automated testing tools integrated with CI, and basic quality metrics tracked during CI:
- People: Some collaboration between development and QA teams on quality.
- Process: Automated quality checks integrated into CI.
- Technology...
