CMC - Systems Integration Business Unit of Northern Region assessed at SEI CMM Level 5
December 21, 2005

New Delhi: CMC Ltd., India's premier Information Technology solutions' provider announced today that its Systems Integration Business Unit of the Northern Region has been assessed at SEI-CMM Level 5, the highest level of Capability Maturity Model (CMM) of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, US.

The assessment scope included the locations of Delhi, Lucknow, Bhopal, Indore and Raipur. Having achieved this milestone, all CMC's regional software operations in the country have achieved CMM certifications with the Western, Southern and Northern Region assessed at SEI-CMM Level 5 and the Eastern Region assessed at SEI-CMM Level 4.

With these achievements, CMC continues its quality journey towards improved software development and services. CMC's Managing Director & CEO, Mr. R. Ramanan, said, "The recognition mirrors the company's endeavors to excel in the key process areas to achieve a quality management system. This has enabled us to improve customer focus and sustain the process improvement initiatives by explicitly linking them to business goals."

This is the first assessment in CMC where the SCAMPI methodology was adopted for CMM. SCAMPI methodology is more rigorous and extensive as compared to the normal CBA-IPI methodology.

All the goals covering key process areas defined by SEI-CMM for each level, Repeatable-L2, Defined-L3, Managed-L4 and Optimized-L5 for continuous process improvement met the fully satisfied criteria.

SEI-CMM is the industry standard for assessing software development processes. Assessments range from levels 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest.

About CMC
Incorporated in 1975, CMC is one of the premier Information Technology solutions providers in India, with a consolidated turnover of Rs. 814 crore for 2004-05. Operating out of 18 offices and 180 service locations in the country, CMC Limited employs around 3300 people and has a wholly-owned subsidiary in USA called CMC Americas, Inc.

CMC's vision is to operate globally and bring the benefit of Information Technology to improve the productivity of its customers and the quality of its customers' products and services. CMC combines horizontal expertise in Information Technology with its vertical experience developed by working in a wide range of Industries. After the successful disinvestment of CMC by the Government of India, CMC has become part of the TATA Group and is closely working with TCS, Asia's largest software company.

About SEI-CMM
CMM is a framework that describes the key elements of an effective software process. It describes an evolutionary improvement path from an ad hoc, immature process to a mature, disciplined process. The CMM covers practices for planning, engineering, and managing software development and maintenance.