People CMM® Ver 2 launched in Bangalore   ITspace.com, August 7, 2001  The second version of the People CMM®, (People Capability Maturity Model®), was launched in Bangalore at a workshop cum conference organised by QAI (Quality Assurance Institute) India. This was the worldwide launch of People CMM® 2.0 After a round of public review that ended in March 2001, followed by extensive feedback, the first training course and presentation of the model was delivered to a select audience in Bangalore, at a workshop conducted by Dr. Bill Curtis, The Principal Architect of the PCMM® model. Version 2 claims to be more aligned to the context and issues facing contemporary knowledge-based organisations and has tighter coupling with other CMM® models: Software-CMM® and CMMI® (CMM® Integration). "The People CMM® is not an HR model. It’s the CEO’s model. It is a conceptual model based on state-of-the-art workforce practices to help organisations, develop the workforce required to execute business strategy, characterise the maturity of workforce capability,” Curtis said. India has the highest number of CMM® level 5 companies in the world - over 20 out of the total of 35 or so and 60% of all level 4 companies too. Curtis estimates that the first People CMM® level 4 company may get assessed from India - over the next one year. Till now no company in the world has been assessed beyond level 3 in People CMM®. Back