

The status of the work products and the delivery of services are visible to management at defined points.Commitments are established among relevant stakeholders and are revised as needed. When these practices are in place, projects are performed and managed according to their documented plans.At maturity level 2, requirements, processes, work products, and services are managed. In other words, the projects of the organization have ensured that requirements are managed and that processes are planned, performed, measured, and controlled.The process discipline reflected by maturity level 2 helps to ensure that existing practices are retained during times of stress. Success in these organizations depends on the competence and heroics of the people in the organization and not on the use of proven processes.Maturity level 1 organizations often produce products and services that work however, they frequently exceed the budget and schedule of their projects.Maturity level 1 organizations are characterized by a tendency to over commit, abandon processes in the time of crisis, and not be able to repeat their past successes.Maturity Level 2 - ManagedAt maturity level 2, an organization has achieved all the specific and generic goals of the maturity level 2 process areas. The organization usually does not provide a stable environment.

The following sections describe the characteristics of each maturity level in detail.Maturity Level 1 - InitialAt maturity level 1, processes are usually ad hoc and chaotic.

The maturity levels are measured by the achievement of the specific and generic goals that apply to each predefined set of process areas.

Maturity Level Details:Maturity levels consist of a predefined set of process areas.
