Is Implementing PCMM in HR Beneficial for a Small Software Company? Seeking Guidance

Hi All,

Being new to the HR industry, I would like to know whether it is good to have PCMM in HR. If so, how to proceed? I am from Chennai, and mine is a software development company with 80 associates. Looking for someone to guide me.

Thanks & Regards,
~Raghav

Dear Raghav,

We are implementing PCMM in our company with Wipro. Please contact Wipro for their services and proceed with a business agreement for this process. It is truly a valuable tool, and, of course, it involves HR as a major process owner. Basically, it focuses on people processing to achieve competence maturity.

Regards,
Alisha Neha

Hi Raghav,

I hope all this information on P-CMM will be of help.

There are 5 levels of PCMM certification. I think it is always better if your company sponsors you for such courses.

Here we go.......

P-CMM for improving human resource processes

Capability Maturity Model (CMM) is the IT industry's most credible and proven software engineering process improvement model. Developed by the DoD (Department of Defense, USA), it assesses the capability of software suppliers. SEI's (Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University or any other authorized assessor) responsibility is to assess organizations based on the technology and processes used and their capabilities. These are certified on a 1-5 scale, with level 1 being the lowest and level 5 the highest.

The structure

The model believes that People/HR practices in organizations can evolve from the lowest level (Level 1) to the highest (Level 5).

1. Developing individual capability:

It includes training, development, competency development and analysis, mentoring, and continuous capability improvement.

2. Building workgroups and culture:

This involves communication and coordination, workshop development and participatory culture, competency integration, empowered workgroups, and continuous capability improvement.

3. Motivating and managing performance:

This focuses on compensation, performance management and work environment, competency-based practices and career development, quantitative performance management, and organizational performance alignment.

4. Shaping the workforce:

Organizations focus on staffing to workforce planning, organizational capability management, and workforce innovation.

Trained assessors are certified by SEI. They have the final say in the assessment process, which is rigorous. The expenditure depends on the levels of certification a company plans to take.

The edge P-CMM has over the others is that it is designed specifically for improving HR processes. P-CMM provides organizations an excellent tool to improve HR practices, processes, and establish a culture of organizational excellence.

If you need any clarification, do let me know.

Cheers,

Archna

Many thanks to all for replying to my query. I basically wanted to do some certifications for my own individual knowledge and professional growth. Last but not least, to increase my own market value at the cost of being beneficial to the company I am currently working in.

Thanks once again. I do have lots of questions but will be able to post those questions as soon as I get some clarity in thought (I am now running full of all the knowledge that you guys have posted)...

~ Raghav