WIPRO AT LEVEL 5 OF PCMM

Wipro Technologies has been assessed at Level 5 of PCMM thus becoming the world’s first organization to win this certification. The Indian software giant is also the only organization to be assessed at Level 5 under both the SEI-CMM and PCMM processes.News | CIOL BureauBANGALORE: Wipro Technologies has been assessed at Level 5 of People Capability Maturity Model (PCMM) under the Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Melon University’s certification process. Wipro Technologies is the first company in the world to win this certification. Wipro Technologies has the unique distinction of being the only organization in the world to be assessed at Level 5 under both the SEI-CMM and PCMM processes.According to a media report, the Quality Assurance Institute, an assessor accredited by SEI/TeraQuest, conducted the assessment over a period of nine days covering all the strategic business units and divisions of Wipro Technologies, Bangalore, encompassing over 6000 employees. "Being the first global software services company in the world to achieve the highest level (Level 5) in the People Capability Maturity Model (PCMM) is representative of our total focus on people and quality processes. PCMM gives us a great framework to match changing business needs with development of employee competencies while providing employees with a pro-active career management tool. As people and quality processes touch everything we do, it gives our customers on time, on budget project deliveries regardless of size and complexity" said, Wipro Technologies, vice chairman and CEO, Vivek Paul.The PCMM Model is the only such framework currently in existence. It helps organizations successfully address critical people process issues. Based on the current best practices in human resources, knowledge management and organization development fields, the PCMM guides organizations in continuously improving their processes for more effective management and development of their work force.The PCMM framework decisively helps organizations improve the maturity of their people practices, establishing a program for continuous development and integration of talent development with process improvement and finally promoting a culture of excellence and innovation.After successes of ISO, SEI-CMM and Six-Sigma journey, PCMM Level 5 is the latest achievement of Wipro Technologies in their quest for excellence in people and business processes. PCMM Level 5 assessment signifies commitment of the highest order of Wipro Technologies towards its people.