your manager is leadinga project to develop new software tha

your manager is leadinga project to develop new software that is essential to the success of the midsized manufacturing firm where you work. the firm has decided to hire outside contractors to execute the project. one candidate firm boasts that its software development practices are at level 4 CMMI. Another firm claims that all its software development practices are ISO 9001 compliant. Your manager has came to you and asked for your opinion on how much weight should be given to these certifications when deciding which firm to use. What would you say? Defend your position

Solution

As per my knowledge,I can advise that only 50% weight can be given to these certifications as they decide the quality of software development life cycle processes they follow. But in reality the firm may or may not implement the processes to the full extent that outcomes good software products in reality.

Hence we should check the following criteria :

- Type of software products the firm death with before

- Familiarity or popularity of those products in their respective fields

- according to above criteria we can check whether they can deal with our requirements properly to shape a good product for our business

- also check the firm\'s products market shares