Simulation in support of CMM-based process improvement

This paper shows how simulation can be of significant benefit in supporting software process improvement and, in particular, how it supports the capab ility maturity model (Paulk et al., 1993. Capability maturity model for sof tware, version 1.1. Software Engineering Institute Report CMU/SEI-93-TR-24) . In the latter contest it is shown that simulation can be used to support improvement at all five levels of the CMM. Simulation capability at each CM M level incrementally builds upon the simulation capabilities of the preced ing levels, and match the needs of the software engineering practices at th at level. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.