Overview of Design Maturity Models

A maturity model is a framework for measuring an organization's maturity, or that of a business function within an organization,[1] with maturity being defined as a measurement of the ability of an organization for continuous improvement in a particular discipline (as defined in O-ISM3 [dubious  – discuss]).[2] The higher the maturity, the higher will be the chances that incidents or errors will lead to improvements either in the quality or in the use of the resources of the discipline as implemented by the organization.