MUMBAI: Hughes Systique Corporation (HSC), a globally renowned Digital Engineering solutions provider, are delighted to announce that they are the first company globally to be appraised at Maturity Level 5, in the combined benchmarking appraisal for the three domains of Development, Services and People, against the newer version of CMMI, 3.0. The results were announced after ISACA completed its audit of the appraisal findings.

CMMI is an internationally recognised reference standard for improving business performance and process maturity across several domains including delivery and people. The level 5 rating demonstrates the strong commitment of Hughes Systique towards process maturity and assured benefits to its customers in respect of delivery and people excellence.

While talking about CMMI Level 5, Mr Vinod Sood, Managing Director of Hughes Systique said, “CMMI has acted as a strong enabler in helping us attain our business objectives related to customer satisfaction and employee engagement. The adoption and sustenance of CMMI at Hughes Systique has resulted in significant gains in terms of higher predictability in project execution and world class people practices”.

The appraisal was conducted against the newer version 3.0 of CMMI by an authorized CMMI High Maturity Lead Appraiser. The scope of appraisal included development (using agile and iterative waterfall methodologies), services (tech support) and people practices. The appraisal involved extensive review of deployment evidence and interview sessions with sampled projects and delivery groups and selected areas from Quality, HR, IT, Admin, Sales and senior management.

The systems and processes at Hughes Systique are encapsulated in its business management system (BMS) which is aligned with its customer needs, business context and benchmarked against industry standards such as ISO 9001, ISO 27001, ISO 27701 and CMMI for Development, Services and People.