CMMI®, and COBIT® have profound influence and reach in the IT industry globally,
serving as defining frameworks for wide sections of IT practice. The frameworks are often utilized
as stringent criteria for awarding contracts and assessing maturity, risk, and performance.
Training ecosystems have arisen, and books, conferences, and research revolve around them.
All essentially serve to define and stabilize much IT terminology and direct it towards a common
description of IT practice.