DQS Certification India, an SEI Authorized Transition Partner, completed the CMMI SCAMPI Assessment recently and assigned the CMMI Maturity Level 3 to Al-Bilad Arabia Company Limited (ABA)

CMMI standing for Capability Maturity Model Integrated is the structured collection of software engineering best practices that has been published by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) located at Pittsburgh, USA. CMMI and SCAMPI are the registered trademark and service-mark of SEI, CMU, USA.

ABA has been able to satisfy the requirements of CMMI Model Framework upto Level 3, said Rajendra Khare, the SEI Authorized Lead Appraiser from DQS Certification. He further said that the CMMI Level 3 requirements cover both project and organizational processes.

Tawfik Chilmeran, ABA’s IT Services Manager, commented that this initiative is a significant milestone for ABA and it symbolizes ABA’s commitment to its clients to deliver quality services on time and according to client expectations. He added this is an on-going initiative and ABA will continue to invest in its process, people and technology improvement methodologies. Tawfik identified the ABA’s team effort as the key success factor in achieving CMMI Maturity Level 3. The other key success factors were the top management commitment to invest in this initiative and their high level of involvement.

On this occasion, Tawfik thanked ABA’s CEO, Mr.Bader Al-Suweidan for his continued support and direct involvement and appreciated the efforts of ABA’s Delivery Manager, Mr.Surendra Jajal, for his significant contribution to develop the ABA CMMI knowledge framework and its effective implementation.

In the future, ABA is planning to sustain the process improvement activities through a definitive roadmap for acquiring higher CMMI Maturity Levels.

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DQS Certification India Private Limited is an Authorized Transition Partner with SEI (Software Engineering Institute), Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Pittsburgh, USA to provide CMMI® Assessment and Training Services also known as CMMI® Product Suite Services. Contact e-mail: rkhare@dqsindia.com

Al-Bilad Arabia Company Limited (ABA) focuses on providing services to diverse sectors of Industry in the area of ERP and other IT Services. ABA serves high profile clients in the GCC region with strategic focus on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Contact e-mail: t.chilmeran@albiladarabia.com