CMMI for Development is a reference model that covers activities for
developing both products and services. Organizations from many
industries, including aerospace, banking, computer hardware, software,
defense, automobile manufacturing, and telecommunications, use CMMI for
Development.
CMMI for Development, Version 1.3
8 Introduction
CMMI for Development contains practices that cover project management,
process management, systems engineering, hardware engineering,
software engineering, and other supporting processes used in development
and maintenance.
Use professional judgment and common sense to interpret the model for
your organization. That is, although the process areas described in this
model depict behaviors considered best practices for most users, process
areas and practices should be interpreted using an in-depth knowledge of
CMMI-DEV, your organizational constraints, and your business
environment.