Grupo Alarcos · Conference paper · 2009

Mapping Software Acquisition Practices from ISO 12207 and CMMI

Francisco José Pino Correa, María Teresa Baldassarre, Mario Piattini Velthuis, Giuseppe Visaggio, Danilo Caivano

ENASE (Selected Papers) · 2009 · 11 citations (OpenAlex)

The CMMI-ACQ and the ISO/IEC 12207:2008 are process reference models that address issues related to the best practices for software product acquisition. With the aim of offering information on how the practices described in these two models are related, and considering that the mapping is one specific strategy for the harmonization of models, we have carried out a mapping of these two reference models for acquisition. We have taken into account the latest versions of the models. Furthermore, to carry out this mapping in a systematic way, we defined a process for this purpose. We consider that the mapping presented in this paper supports the understanding and leveraging of the properties of these reference models, which is the first step towards harmonization of improvement technologies. Furthermore, since a great number of organizations are currently acquiring products and services from suppliers and developing fewer and fewer of these products in-house, this work intends to support organizations which are interested in introducing or improving their practices for acquisition of products and services using these models.