Special permission to reproduce and adapt portions of CMMI ^SM for Systems Engineering/Software Engineering/Integrated Product and Process Development/Supplier Sourcing, Version 1.1, Staged Representation (CMMI-SE/SW/IPPD/SS, V1.1, Staged), CMU/SEI-2002-TR-012 2002; CMMI ^SM for Systems Engineering/Software Engineering/Integrated Product and Process Development/Supplier Sourcing, Version 1.1, Continuous Representation (CMMI-SE/SW/IPPD/SS, V1.1, Continuous), CMU/SEI-2002-TR-011 2002; Appraisal Requirements for CMMI ^SM, Version 1.1 (ARC, V1.1), CMU/SEI-2001-TR-034 2001; and Standard CMMI ^SM Appraisal Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI ^SM), Version 1.1: Method Definition Document, CMU/SEI-2001-HB-001 2001 by Carnegie Mellon University, is granted by the Software Engineering Institute.

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Kulpa, Margaret K.   Interpreting the CMMI  : a process improvement approach / Margaret K. Kulpa, Kent A. Johnson,      p. cm.   Includes bibliographical references and index.

QA76.758.K85 2003

005.1'0685--dc21

2002043910

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