New Technical Note

The
 Origins
 of
 CMMI

1989:
 Watts
 Humphrey,
 Managing
 the
 Software
 Process.

DoD’s
 RFP 
to
 address 
Standish
 Group’s 
Chaos
 Report


Pre‐dates
 the 
public
 Internet.

Predominantly
 intended
 for
 large‐scale 
systems
 where 
functionality
 was
allocated
 to
 software.

Safety
 Critical

Life
 Critical

Mission
 Critical

Standardized
 Development


Contract‐driven
Relationships