Infosys assessed at PCMM 5

BANGALORE: KPMG Consulting has assessed Infosys Technologies at Level 5 on the PCMM model. With this, the company has become the first company in the world to be assessed at the Optimizing level on the updated version 2.0 of the model. The assessment has been carried out at the Infosys Development Center in Pune, which employs 1393 Infoscions - the largest center outside of the company's headquarters in Bangalore.

The PCMM model, developed by SEI, has five levels of maturity and twenty-two Key Performance Areas (KPAs), across these five levels. The model helps software organizations increase their ability to attract, develop, motivate, organize and retain the talent needed to continuously improve their software development capabilities. It also helps to develop and promote a culture of excellence amongst its people. The PCMM assessment marks another milestone in the company's successful track record of Level 5 assessments, on software CMM and more recently, the CMM integrated.

Over the past year, the company has completed the transition into a role and competency based organization, defining the various career paths available to employees. The company has also launched an internal job posting mechanism and the concept of Personal Development plans, based on 360-degree feedback. Infosys is one of a handful of companies to have invested nearly $ 7 million in a Leadership Institute based in Mysore to instill world-class leadership qualities in its employees.

"Infosys has always believed that people are its greatest assets. We have been widely recognized for our HR practices and have been rated the Best Employer in India by several studies. The fact that we have been able to go in for a final assessment in Pune with aggressive timelines vindicates the robustness of our HR processes. PCMM is an integral part of our efforts to provide uniform levels of people capability across global locations," said Hema Ravichandar, Senior Vice President and Head HRD.