CMM Level 5 companies list

CMM Level 5 companies list
List of CMM-5 Certified Software Service Companies in India Listed in no particular order. The purpose of this list is to quickly provide a list of potentical outsourcing companies, so companies that have located their staff and services to India are not considered. Please send corrections to:

Sl no. Company Location
1 ANZ Operations & Technology Private Limited
Bangalore
2 Applitech Solution Limited Ahmedabad
3 CBS India Chennai/Bangalore
4 CGI Information Systems and Management Consultants Private Ltd Bangalore
5 CG-Smith Software Limited Bangalore
6 Citicorp Overseas Software Limited Mumbai
7 Cognizant Technology Solutions Bangalore
8 Covansys India Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore
9 DCM Technologies Hyderabad
10 Engineering Analysis Center of Excellence Pvt. Ltd. (EACoE) Bangalore
11 FCG Software Services (India) Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore
12 Future Software Ltd Chennai
13 HCL Perot Systems Noida/Bangalore
14 HCL Technologies Limited Chennai
15 Hewlett Packard India Software Operations Limited Bangalore
16 Hexaware Technologies Limited Chennai and Mumbai
17 Honeywell India S/w Operations Bangalore
18 Hughes Software Systems Bangalore
19 IBM Global Services Bangalore
20 i-flex solutions limited, IT Services Divisions Mumbai and Bangalore
21 Information Technologies (India) Ltd. New Delhi
22 Infosys Technologies Limited Bangalore
23 InfoTech Enterprises Limited Hyderabad
24 Intergraph Consulting Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad
25 International Computers (India) Ltd., Pune/Mumbai
26 ITC Infotech Ltd.
Bangalore
27 Intelligroup Asia PVT.Ltd., Hyderabad
28 IT Solutions (India) Private Limited Bangalore and Chennai
29 Kshema technologies Ltd Bangalore
30 Larsen & Turbo Infotech Limited, Mumbai and Navi Mumbai
31 LG Soft India Pvt. Ltd Bangalore
32 MphasiS-BFL Limited Bangalore
33 Mastek Limited Mumbai
34 Motorola India Electronics Ltd., Bangalore
35 Network Systems & Technologies (P) Ltd., Trivandrum
36 NIIT, Software Solutions Bangalore
37 NeST Information Technology (P) Ltd.,
38 Patni Computer Systems Ltd Mumbai
39 Philips Software Centre Private Bangalore
40 Phoenix Global Solutions (I) Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore
41 Sasken Communication Technologies Limited. Bangalore
42 Satyam Computer Services Ltd. Hyderabad
43 SignalTree Solutions (India) Ltd. Hyderabad
44 SkyTECH Solutions Pvt Ltd. Kolkata and Mumbai,
45 Sobha Renaissance Information Technology Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore
46 Sonata Software Limited Bangalore
47 SSI Technologies Chennai
48 Syntel, Inc. (India)
49 Siemens Information Systems Ltd., Bangalore
50 Tata Consultancy Services Bangalore
51 Tata Elxsi Limited Bangalore
52 Tata Interactive Systems Mohali
53 TCG Software Services Pvt. Ltd Calcutta
54 Trigyn Technologies Ltd., Mumbai
55 Wipro Technologies Bangalore
56 Software Paradigms(I) Pvt.Ltd Mysore
57 Robert Bosch India Limited Bangalore
58 LG CNS Global Pvt.Ltd Bangalore/Delhi
59 Xicron Technology (http://xicrontech.com/)

SEI , CMM & CMMI

What is SEI? CMM? CMMI? ISO? IEEE? ANSI? Will it help?

The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) has developed a comprehensive model predicated

on a set of software engineering capabilities that should be present as organizations

reach different levels of process maturity. To determine an organization’s

current state of process maturity, the SEI uses an assessment that results in a five

point grading scheme. The grading scheme determines compliance with a capability

maturity model (CMM) [PAU93] that defines key activities required at different levels

of process maturity. The SEI approach provides a measure of the global effectiveness

of a company's software engineering practices and establishes five process maturity

levels that are defined in the following manner:

Level 1: Initial. The software process is characterized as ad hoc and occasionally

even chaotic. Few processes are defined, and success depends on individual

effort.

Level 2: Repeatable. Basic project management processes are established

to track cost, schedule, and functionality. The necessary process discipline is

in place to repeat earlier successes on projects with similar applications.

Task sets

Level 3: Defined. The software process for both management and engineering

activities is documented, standardized, and integrated into an organizationwide

software process. All projects use a documented and approved

version of the organization's process for developing and supporting software.

This level includes all characteristics defined for level 2.

Level 4: Managed. Detailed measures of the software process and product

quality are collected. Both the software process and products are quantitatively

understood and controlled using detailed measures. This level includes all characteristics

defined for level 3.

Level 5: Optimizing. Continuous process improvement is enabled by quantitative

feedback from the process and from testing innovative ideas and technologies.

This level includes all characteristics defined for level 4.

The five levels defined by the SEI were derived as a consequence of evaluating

responses to the SEI assessment questionnaire that is based on the CMM. The results

of the questionnaire are distilled to a single numerical grade that provides an indication

of an organization's process maturity.

The SEI has associated key process areas (KPAs) with each of the maturity levels.

The KPAs describe those software engineering functions (e.g., software project planning,

requirements management) that must be present to satisfy good practice at a

particular level. Each KPA is described by identifying the following characteristics:

• Goals—the overall objectives that the KPA must achieve.

• Commitments—requirements (imposed on the organization) that must be met

to achieve the goals or provide proof of intent to comply with the goals.

• Abilities—those things that must be in place (organizationally and technically)

to enable the organization to meet the commitments.

• Activities—the specific tasks required to achieve the KPA function.

• Methods for monitoring implementation—the manner in which the activities

are monitored as they are put into place.

• Methods for verifying implementation—the manner in which proper practice

for the KPA can be verified.

Eighteen KPAs (each described using these characteristics) are defined across the

maturity model and mapped into different levels of process maturity. The following

KPAs should be achieved at each process maturity level:3

Process maturity level 2

• Software configuration management

• Software quality assurance

• Software subcontract management

• Software project tracking and oversight

• Software project planning

• Requirements management

Process maturity level 3

• Peer reviews

• Intergroup coordination

• Software product engineering

• Integrated software management

• Training program

• Organization process definition

• Organization process focus

Process maturity level 4

• Software quality management

• Quantitative process management

Process maturity level 5

• Process change management

• Technology change management

• Defect prevention

Each of the KPAs is defined by a set of key practices that contribute to satisfying its

goals. The key practices are policies, procedures, and activities that must occur before

a key process area has been fully instituted. The SEI defines key indicators as "those

key practices or components of key practices that offer the greatest insight into whether

the goals of a key process area have been achieved." Assessment questions are

designed to probe for the existence (or lack thereof) of a key indicator.

* IEEE = 'Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' - among other things, creates standards such as 'IEEE Standard for Software Test Documentation' (IEEE/ANSI Standard 829), 'IEEE Standard of Software Unit Testing (IEEE/ANSI Standard 1008), 'IEEE Standard for Software Quality Assurance Plans' (IEEE/ANSI Standard 730), and others.

* ANSI = 'American National Standards Institute', the primary industrial standards body in the U.S.; publishes some software-related standards in conjunction with the IEEE and ASQ (American Society for Quality).

* Other software development/IT management process assessment methods besides CMMI and ISO 9000 include SPICE, Trillium, TickIT, Bootstrap, ITIL, MOF, and CobiT.