Wipro, world’s first PCMM Level 5 organization

BANGALORE: 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.