Despite all the hype surrounding CMM & CMMi; it is seen that the lower the CMM level a company is in the lesser the time spent on non value added activities. Some set of basic processes are needed – but CMM takes it a lil too far. Far too many unnecessary (& unnecessarily long) docs and lots of meetings. At the end large no of concocted metrics/reports and graphs. By stealing the focus from the actual technical/business problem at hand CMM frustrates the real IT person & the customer in the long run. I wonder if the so called CMM champions themselves understand in the power(lessness) of it.
