Situation: Your manager is leading a project to develop new software that is essential to the...

Situation: Your manager is leading a project to develop new software that is essential to the success of the midsized manufacturing firm where you work. The firm has decided to hire outside contractors to execute the project. One candidate firm boasts that its software development practices are at level 4 of CMMI. Another firm claims that all its software development practices are ISO 9001 compliant. Your manager has come to you and asked for

your opinion on how much weight should be given to these certifications when deciding which firm to use. What would you say?

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I would say considering the company based on level of CMMI and ISO 9001 standard is pretty useful when it comes to software development.
This is because both certificate can only acquire if company follows the quality management system which focus on identifying and meeting the needs, desire, and expectations of their customers.
The company has to go through different test to acquire those certificate and it is not easy to get.
Many company in the world failed to get these certificates.
So company having these certificate should be trustable to give our software project.
However, I would suggest to either choose company with CMMI level of 5 or the company that has given ISO standard certification.
I would do a research on the both the software then make sure they perform quickly and efficiently as well as safely and reliably. There is an increased demand for high quality software.
I would tell my manager to use the best and highest level of CMMI and ISO.

Thank you.

venereology answered 2 months ago

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