When it comes of benefits of using CMMI, there is no debate. We understand it very well what value CMMI brings to Process efficiency, rework, predictability and repeatability of processes. Questions that people have asked me is that how can one predict a RoI from CMMI. It has varied from enterprise to enterprise depending upon how they have gone about implementing it and the commitment there upon. On an average, statistics from Software Engineering Institute (SEI) indicates that there is a 35% increase in productivity, close to 40% reduction in rework and 20% reduction in time to market. Savings vs Cost of this process improvement framework has been 5-1 (thumb rule). The best that I have read was a report by DoD Data & Analysis Center for Software (DACS) that found RoI of 21:1.
In a nutshell, RoI on CMMI/CMM is a proven and tested fact.

How does Digité Enterprise go about bringing additional benefits on this RoI ? Even though organizations that have implemented CMMI/CMM acknowledge that there are some overheads and we work on those cost factors by:

• minimizing the Documentation effort
• minimizing the costs of data collection and analysis
• providing better Quality control oversight
• minimizing the training costs for new hires especially in an industry where attrition rate is very high
• minimizing the compliance costs for the staffs, in terms of time spent on conforming to the process