Borland and M&I use CMMI to optimise NATO

Stan Beer
Sunday, 18 September 2005 08:14

IT Industry - Deals

Software delivery specialist Borland Software Corporation, and independent management consultancy M&I/PARTNERS have won a contract to optimise NATO's software delivery infrastructure using the CMMI methodology.

The deal will involve assessing NATO's existing infrastructure and developing a plan for optimising the organisation's software engineering, software acquisition, systems integration and information security processes.
 
Borland and M&I/PARTNERS will support the NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency (NC3A) during its Functional Services Technical Integration Framework project (NATO FAS Integration Project).  NC3A has developed a new architecture for its information systems called Bilateral Strategic Comment Automated Information System (BISC-AIS). Existing information systems need to be migrated to the new BISC-AIS architecture, requiring a lot of effort over a long period.  Borland and M&I/PARTNERS will use the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) framework for optimising the upgrading of the information systems within this one overall architecture.
 
CMMI is a best practice model to improve application development and integration through process optimisation.
 
'NATO is one of the most important military organisations in the world and we look forward to helping them maintain very high standards for security in system development,' said Bill Curtis, chief process officer at Borland. 'Their decision to work with us on this important project is a vote of confidence for both Borland's Process Optimisation Practice and M&I/PARTNERS' project and implementation management skills.  This project will enable us to demonstrate the real-world benefits that CMMI-based improvements can bring to an organisation like NATO.'