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At the second level of the Company Maturity Model, the company has published a standard set of rules for programmers to follow during software development (Crowe). Effective management practices have been established and are in practice, however they may still be primitive and lack reliable data to back them up. The company has now begun to publish software on a repeated basis, which is working as designed. The project managers and general management have begun to track the cost of each project as well as tracking the schedule. Managers have also publishing product requirements and design documentation to prevent unauthorized changes to the software being developed.  Schedules for different types of software may differ at level 2, instead of having one standard for all software development. The company may now be working with contractors, and are attempting to develop strong customer-supplier relationships.

At the third level of the Company Maturity Model, product documentation has lead to a company wide published standard set of developing every piece of software the company develops. The managers, team leaders, and developers have developed controls and processes to perform their jobs more efficiently. The company has developed a training program that has been established across the entire company to ensure everyone is trained to perform their jobs. Projects fit into a baseline development process, while small details may still differ from project to project.

At the 4th Level of the Company Maturity Model, the company can has established metrics for products and processes and they can now measure the levels. The variation process performance have caused projects to take control over their products, per say. A distinguishment can now be made between meaningful variations and random variations in product development. The company has begun to understand the risks of moving to new product technologies and manufacturing processes. Because the company has mastered the their niche market, and can now predicts trends in process and product quality limits. When the limits are exceeded, measures are taken to ensure everything is getting back on track. As a result of this, products created are of a high quality (Capability Maturity Model).

 At the 5th level of the Company Maturity Model, the entire organization is focused on product improvement. The company has now become able to proactively find flaws and weaknesses in products before there is any harm to the company. The development process has much data gathered about the process, and it is used to make proposed changes to the way the company develops its products. Lessons learned are used to ensure that processes that are not working are no longer used.

References

 Capability Maturity Model. US Department of State. Retrieved 7 July 2005 from

        Crowe, Kenneth. Capability Maturity Model. Retrieved 7 July 2005 from