The model is based on the process maturity framework first described in the 1989 book Managing the Software Process by Watts Humphrey.

The first application of a staged maturity model to IT was not by CMM / SEI, but rather by Richard L. Nolan, who, in 1973 published the stages of growth model for IT organizations.

The result of the Air Force study was a model for the military to use as an objective evaluation of software subcontractors ' process capability maturity.

Though it comes from the area of software development, it can be, has been, and continues to be widely applied as a general model of the maturity of process ( e. g., IT service management processes ) in IS / IT ( and other ) organizations.

A maturity model can be viewed as a set of structured levels that describe how well the behaviors, practices and processes of an organization can reliably and sustainably produce required outcomes.

A maturity model can be used as a benchmark for comparison and as an aid to understanding-for example, for comparative assessment of different organizations where there is something in common that can be used as a basis for comparison.

The model provides a theoretical continuum along which process maturity can be developed incrementally from one level to the next.

This area has been driven by the use of Maturity models such as the CMMI ( capability maturity model integration ; see this example of a predecessor ) and ISO / IEC15504 ( SPICE – software process improvement and capability estimation ).

As Henry reached maturity he was keen to restore royal authority, looking towards the autocratic model of the French monarchy.

* The business maturity level, in order to develop the organization representation of core differentiated and core competitive competencies to strategy, which is a basis for building a business model as they represent some of the most important sources of uniqueness.

* The business maturity level, in order to develop the organization representation of core differentiated and core competitive competencies to strategy, which is a basis for building a business model as they the represent some of the most important sources of uniqueness.

A generalized logistic curve can model the " S-shaped " behaviour ( abbreviated S-curve ) of growth of some population P. The initial stage of growth is approximately exponential ; then, as saturation begins, the growth slows, and at maturity, growth stops.

These stages are " the traditional society, the pre-conditions for take-off, the take-off, the drive to maturity, and the age of high mass-consumption " Simple versions of the Harrod – Domar model provide a mathematical illustration of the argument that improved capital investment leads to greater economic growth.

* The business maturity level, in order to develop the organization representation of core differentiated and core competitive competencies linked to value proposition, which is a basis for building a business model as they represent some of the most important sources of uniqueness.

The point of the story is to show that though Chkalov was a firebrand as a youth, “ in becoming a hero, had gained not only wisdom but the capacity to transmit that wisdom to others .” This unification of bravery and maturity was the model which Stalin wished to transmit as the ideal – his conception of the New Soviet Man.

The model argues that economic modernization occurs in five basic stages of varying length — traditional society, preconditions for take-off, take-off, drive to maturity, and high mass consumption.

ISO / IEC 15504 is the reference model for the maturity models ( consisting of capability levels which in turn consist of the process attributes and further consist of generic practices ) against which the assessors can place the evidence that they collect during their assessment, so that the assessors can give an overall determination of the organization's capabilities for delivering products ( software, systems, and IT services ).

The latest work in the ISO standards working group includes creation of a maturity model, which is planned to become ISO / IEC 15504 part 7.

A CMMI model may also be used as a framework for appraising the process maturity of the organization.

CMMI is the successor of the capability maturity model ( CMM ) or Software CMM.

Each process is defined together with process inputs and outputs, key process activities, process objectives, performance measures and an elementary maturity model.

Valuation of constant maturity swaps depend on volatilities of different forward rates and therefore requires a stochastic yield curve model or some approximated methodology like a convexity adjustment, see for example Brigo and Mercurio ( 2001 ).

Yet he presents a realm of source material which may well serve other writers if not himself: the problems with which a New South must grapple in groping through a blind adolescence into the maturity of urbanization.

Some writers have suggested that they may have evolved as a visual signal of sexual maturity and fertility.

It has been used for and may be suited to that purpose, but critics pointed out that process maturity according to the CMM was not necessarily mandatory for successful software development.

Hellbenders reach sexual maturity at about five years of age, and may live thirty years in captivity.

In this novella, a young lawyer suspects he may be an alien because of certain physical and biochemical abnormalities but discovers that he is a commercial human embryonic cell line, sold for research and illegally grown to maturity.

A particular singer's voice may change drastically over his or her lifetime, rarely reaching vocal maturity until the third decade, and sometimes not until middle age.

Neoteny has been observed in all salamander families, in which an individual may retain gills into sexual maturity.

The vitamin C content of plantain is very similar to those of sweet potato, cassava and potato, but the concentration may vary with the crop, maturity at harvest, soil, and farming conditions.

Debt securities may be called debentures, bonds, deposits, notes or commercial paper depending on their maturity and certain other characteristics.

The medusae are initially microscopic, and may take years to reach sexual maturity.

Induction may occur any time after 34 weeks of gestation if the risk to the fetus or mother is greater than the risk of delivering a premature fetus regardless of lung maturity.

Although sometimes used as a synonym for normal backwardation ( where a futures contract price is lower than the expected spot price at contract maturity ), it may also refer to the situation where a futures contract price is merely lower than the current spot price.

Another difference is that bonds usually have a defined term, or maturity, after which the bond is redeemed, whereas stocks may be outstanding indefinitely.

Edmund Wilson stated that " To expose oneself in maturity to Uncle Tom's Cabin may ... prove a startling experience.

Although Kohanim may assume their duties once they reached physical maturity, the fraternity of Kohanim generally would not allow young Kohanim to begin service until they reached the age of twenty, some opinions state that this age was thirty.

For some Canadian bonds the maturity may be over 90 years.

Generally, Ospreys reach sexual maturity and begin breeding around the age of three to four, though in some regions with high Osprey densities, such as Chesapeake Bay in the U. S., they may not start breeding until five to seven years old, and there may be a shortage of suitable tall structures.

Because longer maturity municipal bonds tend to offer significantly higher after-tax yields than corporate bonds with the same credit rating and maturity, investors in higher tax brackets may be motivated to arbitrage municipal bonds against corporate bonds using a strategy called municipal bond arbitrage.

Conversely one may legally be an adult but possess none of the maturity and responsibility that may define adult character.

It is difficult to graft but grows well from seed, typically taking about 7 years before it flowers for the first time and 15 – 20 years to reach something approaching its full size of anything between 2 – 8 m. For the home gardener, buying a " red flowering gum " from a nursery is something of an adventure: it may or may not be a ficifolia, and the flower colour does not breed true-there is no way to find out what colour the flowers will be short of planting a seedling and waiting for it to reach maturity.