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Denis is a consultant who helps organizations create and develop mature software development practices. He prefers to use the Software Capability Maturity Model (SW-CMM) to evaluate the current and future status of organizations using both independent review and self-assessments. He is currently working with two different clients. Acme Widgets is not well organized with its software development practices. It does have a dedicated team of developers who do “whatever it takes” to get software out the door, but it does not have any formal processes. Beta Particles is a company with years of experience developing software using formal, documented software development processes. It uses a standard model for software development but does not have quantitative management of those processes. Denis is also working with Beta Particles on a strategy to advance their software development practices. What SW-CMM stage should be their next target milestone?

Answer Options

A

Defined

B

Repeatable

C

Optimizing

D

Managed

Correct Answer: D

Explanation

The Managed stage is the fourth stage in the SW-CMM, following the Defined stage. It should be the next milestone goal for Beta Particles. The Managed stage is characterized by the use of quantitative software development measures.