Nous Achieves CMMIR Maturity Level 5 Rating

June 15, 2006
The Bangalore-based global quality IT solutions provider, Nous Infosystems, has achieved Maturity Level 5 rating on the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) R- SW/IPPD, v 1.1, Staged Representation. The rigorous assessment was based on SEI's CMMI Standard CMMI appraisal for method for process improvement.

The achievement makes Nous Infosystems join the elite brand of fewer than 210 organizations worldwide that have achieved this benchmark as per the recent SEI data. Speaking on the occasion, Ajith Pillai, president and CEO, Nous Infosystems, said, "It is a matter of great pride for Nous. This is an additional feather in our cap on our 10th anniversary year."

"This ensures not only an improvement in our deliverables to our customers, but also our ability to stand tall as an organization that believes in learning and growing continuously. The certification that we have achieved is of tremendous value in our quest for excellence. This also brings with it a huge responsibility to bring customer delight through our quality of service," he added.

Kris Puthucode of SQC, who assessed the organization, said, "NOUS is an organization with a strong motivation to achieve excellence in quality. Particularly laudable among them is the ability to use the CMMI model and its practices effectively to suit the organization's projects, and institutionalization of best practices from CMMI. This includes concepts from the integrated software development practices which focuses on Integrated and 'well-gelled' teams developing software. Very few organizations implement and take advantage of the integrated teaming concepts which ensures inter group coordination and multi-disciplinary team cohesiveness. This ultimately results in better customer satisfaction."