Software process maturity: is level five enough?

Abstract

My perspective is that of a manager who has developed and managed several high maturity software development organizations on several continents. In this presentation I will address two distinct angles on the theme. Firstly, in the totality of business is it enough to define only a software development capability, what about other necessary business functions. Secondly, does the existing Software Capability Maturity Model adequately address the issues that face the practitioner?