Application of Organizational Process Asset Library in High Maturity Process Improvement

To accomplish the organizational business objectives and consistently improve processes, high maturity processes are implemented in numerous software enterprises. Organizational process asset library (OPAL) plays a significant role in the definitions, executions and improvements for software processes. Based on the conceptions of Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) and practical experience, the paper addresses the applications of OPAL on different maturity levels and proposes a structure of OPAL. This structure is implemented in an actual enterprise's OPAL and illustrated that it is beneficial for high maturity level process improvement. This paper can furnish a valuable practice for software enterprises to apply the OPAL in high maturity process improvements.