Overview of the People CMM®

People Capability Maturity Model® (People CMM®) is a state-of-the-art organizational change management model designed to help organizations improve their workforce capability and effectiveness. People CMM offers a maturity improvement framework that organizations can use to manage and improve their actions to attract, motivate and retain the best qualified professionals. The practices included in the model can help an organization become an employer of choice and assure that its workforce possesses the required competencies to achieve the organization’s current and future business objectives. Each maturity level, starting at Level 2, is composed of several Process Areas describing practices for implementation and institutionalization of key issues.

Typical viewpoints about People CMM®

As a systemic-holistic model of organizational change, the People CMM® has the potential of positively affecting everyone in an organization.

Below are five typical viewpoints and value propositions that people at different organizational positions and roles express about the People CMM®.

“It’s [People CMM®] a collection of blueprints to generate great ‘organizational habits’ (also known as processes)”. – (HR personnel, Human Capital Manger, Line Managers, Employees)
“It [People CMM®] provides organizations with a practical incremental roadmap to continuously develop their workforce practices and compete in the dual demanding markets of services/products and talent”. - (HR, Line Managers, Employees)
“It [People CMM®] has the potential to provide consistency across geographies, cultures and functions to improve organizations’ alignment to their global strategic goals”. - (Business Development, CEO, Employees)
“It [People CMM®] provides a framework to increase market value through increased organizational capabilities, better prepared people and effective organizations”. (Shareholders, CEO, CFO, Everyone)
“By using the People CMM®, we can offer world-class best practices in human capital development and knowledge management. It is a most in a globalized knowledge-based economy, and a great competitive advantage”. (CEO, Human Capital Manager, CKO-Chief Knowledge Officer)

Additional Resources & Information

Carnegie Mellon University - Software Engineering Institute web site: www.sei.cmu.edu.
Book: Curtis, Bill, et. al. “The People Capability Maturity Model®: Guidelines for Improving the Workforce”, Boston, MA: Addison-Wesley, 2001.
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