Polaris is world's 1st to get CMMI Level 5

Polaris Software, the global software company providing IT solutions to several multinational clients, has been awarded Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI) Level 5 - the latest model developed under the stewardship of the globally renowned quality rating center, the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), US. Polaris Software becomes the first company in the world to be assessed and certified in this version.

"This is an achievement not only for Polaris alone, but for India itself. With the combination of strategies falling in-place like organization redesign, world-class infrastructure, progressive management team and widespread global reach, the CMMI Level 5 certified delivery process has pushed Polaris Software's growth synergies towards a Tier - 1 stature. With the current prevailing scenario, wherein outsourcing has attained strategic importance, Polaris gains the rightful edge of being the world's only CMMI Level 5 certified company," said Arun Jain, Chairman and Managing Director, Polaris Software.

With Level 5, Polaris will focus on improving the process performance through both incremental and innovative technological improvements. The company announced that it had achieved this quality milestone, adding another strategic edge to its global outlook. "The CMMI rating was a conscious effort that we undertook to introspect, analyze and manage the various stages of the engineering process in greater detail. The CMMI quality certification ties in with our business objectives to create a global corporation that focuses on defect-free, on-time delivery with a consistent improvement in efficiency levels and productivity enhancement," said Sudha Ramesh, Vice President - Quality, Polaris Software Lab.

In 1998, Polaris Software was certified along ISO 9001 standards. The organization was also aligned to SEI-CMM from the year 1995. In 2000, Polaris was certified on the newer ISO 9001:2000 standard.

Where CMM tends to look at activities and processes more in isolation, CMMI is a more comprehensive model with more emphasis on quantitative and statistical methods, both at the organizational level and as well as in the actual implementation of projects.