Cmm For Adquisitions

CMMI® for Acquisition, Version 1.3
CMMI-ACQ, V1.3
CMMI Product Team

Improving processes for acquiring better products and services
November 2010
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Preface

CMMI®(Capability Maturity Model® Integration) models are collections of
best practices that help organizations to improve their processes. These
models are developed by product teams with members from industry,
government, and the Software Engineering Institute (SEI).
This model, called CMMI for Acquisition (CMMI-ACQ), provides a
comprehensive integrated set of guidelines for acquiring products andservices.
Purpose

The CMMI-ACQ model provides guidance for applying CMMI best practices
in an acquiring organization. Best practices in the model focus on activities
for initiating and managing the acquisition of products and services to meet
the needs of customers and end users. Although suppliers can provide
artifacts useful to the processes addressed in CMMI-ACQ, the focus of the
model...