APPENDIX C
Architecture Maturity
Model and Dynamic
Architecture
ARCHITECTURE MATURITY MODEL
The Architecture Maturity Model (AMM) is a model used to determine
the position of the organization in areas of architecture and the steps
that should be taken on the road to further professionalization. AMM
was set up by analogy with CMM (Capability Maturity Model). What
CMM is for software engineering, AMM is for architecture. AMM can
be used to determine and increase the degree of maturity of thinking
about and working with architecture in an organization. The model
distinguishes five levels of maturity. Depending on the level that an
organization is at and the level which it strives to achieve, steps can be
distinguished in order to further professionalize the role of architecture.
Exhibit C.1 shows, in a slightly adapted form derived from the
Nolan Norton Institute,
1
the five levels of AMM on the basis of the aspects
of management, definition, role of architect, processes and products.
A more extensive description of AMM can be found in various META
Group documents.
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APPENDIX C Architecture Maturity Model and Dynamic Architecture ARCHITECTURE MATURITY MODEL The Architecture Maturity Model (AMM) is a model used to determine the position of the organization in areas of architecture and the steps that should be taken on the road to further professionalization.
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