Towards a maturity model for software product evaluations.

This paper is about a model that describes the maturity of software products and their evaluation. The model is called the SCOPE Maturity Model (SMM). It is based on the assumption that different evaluation levels can be defined for software products. The model provides acquirers and users as well as producers of software a clear overview of the characteristics of product evaluation on a specific level. The maturity model is a ‘vehicle’ for improving software product quality in a company and reflecting this in the form of evaluation. Moving from one step to the next in this maturity model offers significant added value to software product quality.