Capability maturity for EIT refers to its ability to reliably perform. Maturity is a measured by an organization’s readiness and capability expressed through its people, processes, data and technologies and the consistent measurement practices that are in place. A typical description of organizational maturity was developed by Stanford’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory:
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Level 1
Performed |
Level 2
Managed |
Level 3
Established |
Level 4
Predictable |
Level 5
Optimizing |
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| People |
- Success depends on individual heroics.
- “Fire fighting is a way of life.”
- Relationships between disciplines are uncoordinated, perhaps even adversarial.
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- Success depends on individuals and management system supports.
- Commitments are understood and managed.
- People are trained.
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- Project groups work together, perhaps as an integrated product team.
- Training is planned and provided according to roles.
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- A strong sense of teamwork exists within each project.
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- A strong sense of teamwork exists across the organization.
Everyone is involved in process improvement.
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| Process |
- Few stable processes exist or are used.
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- Documented and stable estimating, planning, and commitment processes are at the project level.
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- Integrated management and engineering processes are used across the organization.
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- Processes are quantitatively understood and stabilized.
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- Processes are continuously and systematically improved.
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