<p><b>Dennis M. Ahern </b>is an advisory engineer at Northrop Grumman Corporation. Previously, he taught at Yale University and the University of Maryland. He was the deputy project manager of the CMMI Product Development Team and a co-leader of the CMMI Editor Team. He is also an author of CMMI.</p> <p><b>Aaron Clouse</b> is an engineering fellow at Raytheon Company. He was a member of the CMMI Editor Team and is an author of CMMI.</p> <p align="left"><b>Richard Turner</b>, a research professor in engineering management and sys