Dr Jalote said that if software development companies should follow a self improvement cycle for its processes, there is no need to look beyond CMM level 5. Reaching the highest level of capability maturity model signifies that the organisation is matured and capable enough to have continues improvements in its processes depending on the changes in market and technology.

Another way the companies can look beyond level 5 is by increasing the scope of improvement in the organisation. This would mean that the companies should look beyond software development processes and improve other areas such as sales and marketing, human resources etc. P-CMM (People-Capability Maturity Model) can be an example of such initiative to improve human resource related processes, said Dr Jalote. The third option to improve further can be through re-organising or dismantling the existing procedures to make them measurement oriented rather than process oriented, he said. Dr Jalote said that Indian companies have demonstrated its capabilities by achieving CMM Levels in their processes in such a large numbers. This has resulted into a lot of business opportunities for Indian software companies as their clients are looking at them to help in streamlining their processes also, he added.Dr Jalote was in Delhi to deliver plenary address at the SEPG Conference being organised in Delhi by Quality AssuranceIndia (QAI).