CMMI Design Goals and Benefits

• Design Goals
  v Integrate the source models, eliminate inconsistencies, reduce duplication
  v Reduce the cost of implementing model-based process improvement
  v Be sensitive to impact on legacy efforts
• Benefits
  v Efficient, effective assessment and improvement across multiple process
  disciplines
  v Reduced training and assessment costs
  v A common, integrated vision of improvement for all elements of an
  organization
  v Integration of systems engineering and software environments for
  additional productivity & quality gains