1.Origin

　　To further develop the information service industry of the R. O. C., on March 4, 2004, Science and Technology Advisory Group of Executive Yuan held the conference of “Strategy of Information Service Industry.” In that conference, it proposed a cooperation and integration system for the development of information service industry, with the purpose of effectively adding extra values on the manufacturing industry as well as boosting the competitiveness in strategic service industry. This, it has hoped, would elevate the R. O. C. to become a major global information service provider in specific fields. In the 2884th meeting convened by Executive Yuan on March 31, 2004, the attendees passed “Guideline and Action Plans for Service Industry Development.” The consented guideline contained concrete operational procedures such as guiding local companies to adopt information service certification system (like ITIL, CMMI,) so to improve service processes, and increase expert knowledge and professional know-how. Later, in the national conference for service industry on Sept. 20, 2004, CMMI was embraced as the key measure to improve the quality of local information service industry. With this measure, the government has demonstrated its resolution to promote the adoption of software quality classification system and has expected that in the global economy our software industry will advance to competitive levels.

2.Subcategories of the CMMI Project:

3. Object of the CMMI Project:

　　In the period between July 1st, 2005 and Dec. 31st, 2008:
1. 70 business enterprises will be certified as level 3, and 3 enterprises as level 5
2. CMMI-certified business enterprises will be guided to participate in the bidding for large-scale government information contracts