Aug 17, 2006 – GPRO has been successfully appraised to CMMI Maturity Level 2 Rating on the 17th August 2006. The appraisal was a SCAMPI Class A assessment conducted with a SEI certified appraiser.

With this rating, GPRO is currently among the first 2 participants out of 20 companies in the QuESTS programme to have been rated at a Maturity Level 2 successfully.

The process improvement initiative was kicked off in April 2005, as part of the QuESTS programme sponsored by MDeC for small medium enterprises (SMEs).

Originating from the renowned Software Engineering Institute at the Carnegie Mellon University, Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI) is a process improvement approach, consisting of actual best practices, that provides organizations with the essential elements of effective processes. The entire model consists of five stages of capability or maturity levels.

The continuous process improvement initiative ensures an adequate improvement foundation has been laid for other process improvement initiatives, minimizing the organization’s process improvement investment while maximizing benefits for the organization. This will help to further improve software quality, planning and management processes, efficiency, return on investment, and effectiveness throughout the development process.

For more information about CMMI, visit the SEI website (http://www.sei.cmu.edu/cmmi/)