From: mcp@sei.cmu.edu (Mark Paulk)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: SEI Process Maturity Model
Date: 16 Apr 92 21:55:33 GMT
Distribution: comp.softwareeng
Organization: Software Engineering Institute

Electronic versions of SEI reports are available through the Internet.
SEI-91-TR-24 and 25 may be obtained in several formats through:

ftp ftp.sei.cmu.edu
login: anonymous
password: <your user id or any string>
cd pub/cmm
get <files>
quit

The instructions for obtaining these files is contained in READ.ME.
Also check out the other subdirectories under pub.


	Instructions on downloading TR-24 and TR-25.

The CMM notebook consists of two technical reports:

	SEI-91-TR-24	M.C. Paulk, B. Curtis, M.B. Chrissis, et al., 
	"Capability Maturity Model for Software," Software Engineering 
	Institute, CMU/SEI-91-TR-24, August, 1991.

	SEI-91-TR-25	C.V. Weber, M.C. Paulk, C.J. Wise, and J.V. Withey, 
	"Key Practices of the Capability Maturity Model," Software 
	Engineering Institute, CMU/SEI-91-TR-25, August, 1991.

The various ways of obtaining these technical reports are described in the
file 
	CMM_cover_letter.ascii 
This file, READ.ME, provides instructions for downloading ASCII,
Postscript, or MacWord versions of the technical reports, as well as
various other items that may be of interest.

The files are contained in various subdirectories:  
	ascii
	Postscript
	MacWord
	Misc
as described in the following instructions.

= = = ASCII versions contained in subdirectory "ascii"

The ASCII text of "Capability Maturity Model for Software," SEI-91-TR-24, 
consists of one file:
	CMM_model_paper.ascii

The ASCII text of "Key Practices for the Capability Maturity Model 
for Software," SEI-91-TR-25, consists of the following files and should
be printed in this order:
	CMM_Overview.ascii	overview of key practices and how to read them
	CMM_ML2.ascii		KP's for ml2
	CMM_ML3.ascii		KP's for ml3
	CMM_ML4.ascii		KP's for ml4
	CMM_ML5.ascii		KP's for ml5
	CMM_Appendices.ascii	the appendices to the TR

You are warned that the ASCII text version of the report is very difficult
to read because of the loss of formatting in going from Mac Word 4.0 to ASCII.
I recommend that you use the Word archives, also contained in this directory,
to download these reports, if you have a Mac, BinHex, and StuffIt available,
or the Postscript version.

= = = MacWord versions contained in the subdirectory "MacWord"

The primary electronic version is a set of Mac Word 4.0 files, which 
have been compressed and formatted for net distribution using StuffIt 
Classic(TM) and BinHex.  The archives are:
	SEI-91-TR-24.sit.hqx
	SEI-91-TR-25.sit.hqx

Since the last shareware version of StuffIt was 1.5.1, for wider compatibility
the StuffIt archives are now in that version.  There is also a 1.6 version
in the archives TR-24-1.6.sit.hqx and TR-25-1.6.sit.hqx for those people
who have the later version.

These archives contain the same files as the ASCII versions (except for the
.ascii suffix, of course), plus the CMM cover letter, title pages, and a 
change request form, all in Mac Word 4.0 format.

The Mac Word 4.0 files use Palatino font, by the way, and you should use 
Mac Word 4.00b (the latest version we have) to get the right spacing for
the headers.

= = = Postscript versions contained in the subdirectory "Postscript"

The Postscript versions are in files

	TR24.ps

and

	TR25-Overview.ps
	TR25-KP-titles.ps
	TR25-ML2.ps
	TR25-ML3.ps
	TR25-ML4.ps
	TR25-ML5.ps
	TR25-Appendices.ps

WARNING:  The first line in the Postscript file has to be edited to be
	%!
(Adobe version number removed) to work correctly when moving from Mac to
Unix systems.  When I update/insert new versions of the Postscript files, 
in the various directories, I may forget to make this edit.  If you
have problems printing any .ps files, check this before contacting me (but
please send e-mail so I can make the correction for others).  Thanks, mcp.

= = = Miscellaneous items contained in subdirectory "Misc"

There is a change request template in the file
	CMM_change_request.ascii
which you may use for electronically submitting your comments and suggestions.
Please address them to
	cmmchange@sei.cmu.edu
You may also use the Postscript version of the form in
	CMM_change_request.ps

There is a bibliography of papers and books relevant to process in the file 
	process.biblio
It is provided for your information and is not an SEI product.  Comments
and suggestions are welcome.

There is an ascii copy of the 1987 maturity questionnaire in the file
	mq.v0

There is a mapping of the 1987 maturity questionnaire to the CMM in the file
	mqv0_cmm.map

There is a Postscript version of a paper entitled "Software Process 
Assessments:  Issues and Lessons Learned" to be presented at ISQE92 in
	SPA-Lessons-Learned.ps

-- 
Mark C. Paulk
Software Engineering Institute
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
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