The true outcome of a maturity model assessment isn't what level you are but the list of things you need to work on to improve.

(Martin Fowler, https://www.martinfowler.com/bliki/MaturityModel.html)

Introduction

Maturity models are instruments for organisational improvement and evaluation. GÉANT Software Governance and Support is iteratively developing the GÉANT Software Maturity Model (SMM) to

• support the identification of needs, trends and important aspects of software engineering,
• capture best practices, promote self-improvement and contribute to the quality of software development and governance.

Objectives

Specifically, GÉANT Software Maturity Model aims to:

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The main purpose of the SMM is not the assessment, but to give pointers to best practices GÉANT software teams might be missing, which requires to establish a good evaluation scale and analytical apparatus. The idea is to "borrow" know-how and present what other teams operating comparable environments do and achieve.

Overview