People CMM Overview
The People CMM was developed by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) and is a r
oadmap towards the Learning Organization (based on Peter Senge's book "The Fifth Discipline").
The People CMM is an organizational change model. It is designed on the premise that improved workforce practices will not survive unless an organization's behavior changes to support them. The People CMM provides a roadmap for transforming an organization by steadily improving its workforce practices.
The People Capability Maturity Model (People CMM) is a framework that helps organizations successfully address their critical people issues. Based on the best current practices in fields such as human resources, knowledge management, and organizational development, the People CMM guides organizations in improving their processes for managing and developing their workforces. The People CMM helps organizations characterize the maturity of their workforce practices, establish a program of continuous workforce development, set priorities for improvement actions, integrate workforce development with process improvement, and establish a culture of excellence. Since its release in 1995, thousands of copies of the People CMM have been distributed, and it is used worldwide by organizations, small and large.
Maturity Levels
The People CMM consists of five maturity levels that establish successive foundations for continuously improving individual competencies, developing effective teams, motivating improved performance, and shaping the workforce the organization needs to accomplish its future business plans.
Each maturity level is a well-defined evolutionary plateau that institutionalizes new capabilities for developing the organization's workforce. By following the maturity framework, an organization can avoid introducing workforce practices that its employees are unprepared to implement effectively.
A 2-page flyer summarizing the model and levels was created by ECC.
Status and Acceptance
Acceptance of the People CMM model in India has been very high. An overview of companies that selected the model can be found in this presentation by the Indian company QAI.
A detailed and recent update about People CMM and its acceptance is given in this presentation by the Chungbuk National University.
In this research note Gartner gives a short overview of CMM and People CMM.
