Information Technology (IT) Industry trends and adaptation of Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) practices in Pakistan

Abstract

Pakistan's software industry is quite young as compare to the developed world and particularly in comparison with India. This report presents different statistics about Pakistan's software industry; especially current number of Software-Capability Maturity Model (SW-CMM) / Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) appraisals and efforts made by different institutions like Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB), Ministry of IT and Pakistan Software Houses Association (PASHA). This study shows that even after introducing attractive incentives and packages by PSEB and Ministry of IT, Pakistan's IT industry is still moving slowly towards adopting the CMMI framework. The reason for this is being highlighted in this paper after a comprehensive study on the topic and software industry's data analysis. On the basis of this analysis few recommendations are also made.