December 26, 2013
ANGARAI Achieves CMMISM Level-2 Certification
Greenbelt, MD :- Angarai International, Inc. takes great pride in stating that is it now a Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMISM) Level-2 compliant organization. The company announced this achievement after an intense 3-day appraisal schedule conducted at its headquarters in Greenbelt, Maryland.
The scope of the appraisal and certification encompassed six major Capability Areas: Project Planning, Project Monitoring and Control, Requirement Management, Configuration Management, Process & Product Quality Assurance, and Measurement & Analysis. ANGARAI's current contract with Maryland Department of Human Resources (DHR) was used as the example-project to demonstrate compliance in each of these process areas. The 5-member appraisal team spent the better part of the 3 days at the ANGARAI offices reviewing, analyzing and evaluating all relevant DHR documentation and exhibits, and conducting multiple interviews, before finally confirming compliance and recommending certification.
According to Venkat Subramanian, President & CEO of ANGARAI, "The CMMI certification reconfirms our deep commitment to Quality, and to the steadfast adherence of best practices. These best practices help us create significant value for our clients, which in turn drive their success. At ANGARAI Excellence isn't an act nor does it happen by accident. It's our habit, a part of our DNA. Both ISO 9001:2008 (earlier this year) and now CMMI Level-2, reaffirm just that."
Shashvat Desai, Manager of Corporate Operations, who led the effort as ANGARAI's CMMI team leader for the CMMI endeavor and certification process said, "CMMI has provided us the additional ability to organize, monitor and showcase every aspect of our quality management system via. a series of well-documented processes and structured artifacts. Through CMMI we now have the ability to institutionalize ANGARAI's quality management system across each of the industry domains we work in, and apply a customized version of the same to every project that we undertake as part of the overall solution that we develop and deliver to our clients".
According to Doris Holley, Director of Health & Human Services, "We have always had a robust quality control system at DHR; however CMMI level-2 has helped us fully realize the value-addition of each of the best practices within this system and has provided us with a framework to take it forward. We now possess the ability to provide even higher levels of quality and customer satisfaction to our client(s)".
Dr. S.V. Krishnaswamy, who was the consulting project manager for the CMMI certification effort said, "ANGARAI's vision has always been to be the premier provider of holistic management solutions in the markets and domains that it serves. This CMMI certification further solidifies the ANGARAI brand in the market place. It enables the company to benchmark its portfolio of tools and processes against highest industry standards thus establishing that ANGARAI provides best-in-class solutions that address the goal and objectives of its clients".
About CMMI
Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMISM) is a universally accepted approach to performance management that provides guidance for efficient and effective improvements across multiple process disciplines in any organization. These improvements usually result in decreased costs, improved on-time delivery, improved productivity, improved quality, and improved customer satisfaction.
CMMISM is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by Carnegie Mellon University.
The CMMI process improvement training and appraisal program is marketed and administered by the CMMI Institute (previously known as Software Engineering Institute or SEI) at Carnegie Mellon.
CMMI models are generally used as a framework for appraising the process maturity of any organization. The Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI) is the most popular appraisal method that meets all of the appraisal requirements for CMMI.
For more information on CMMI, please visit www.cmmiinstitute.com.
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