ITPEC FE Subject A April 2026 Question 40

Optimizing — level 5, the highest maturity level in CMMI.

The staged representation has five levels:

1. Initial — ad hoc, success depends on individuals
2. Managed — projects are planned and tracked
3. Defined — processes are standardised across the organisation
4. Quantitatively Managed — processes are measured and statistically controlled
5. Optimizing — measurement feeds continuous process improvement

Answer (c)

Why not others:
- (d) Quantitatively managed — level 4; the organisation measures its processes but does not yet systematically improve them
- (a) Defined — level 3
- (b) Managed — level 2

Key rule: The order runs from doing the work, to standardising it, to measuring it, to improving it. Only the last level is about changing the process itself, which is why Optimizing sits at the top.

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