CMMI-DEV Industrial Maturity Assessment Model Adaptation for Tangible Products Industries

High industrial performance means a high level of maturity and a strong potential for continuous improvement. Among the models for measuring maturity, CMMI is considered one of the most influential, despite being created only for information technology. Regarding the demand for this type of evaluation by other industries and the lack of alternative models, this work develops the CMMI adaptation for the industry of tangible industrial products. Thus, a questionnaire composed of CMMI terms was submitted to 19 manufacturing practitioners and two academics so that it was possible to identify the terms that would require adaptation. The adaptation process required an extensive literature review, identification of non-comprehensible terms, glossary review, analysis of mind maps, and assistance from experts. Among the results, the paper presents a strategy for adapting a maturity model and a new model under the industrial terminology for manufacturing tangible products.