Bangalore: IT consulting and services major, Infosys Technologies Limited, on June 27 announced it has become the first Indian software company to be assessed at CMMIntegrated (CMMI) Level-5, for its offshore and onsite operations.

"This is the first time that an offshore software company has included the onsite operations of a project as part of the assessment," the NASDAQ-listed, Bangalore- headquartered company said in a statement.

Infosys' development centre in Chennai, it said, went through a rigorous assessment and was assessed at CMMI Level-5, a feat achieved by less than five companies worldwide.

According to the release, CMMI is a new model released by the Software Engineering Institute, USA, and is an enhanced version of the capability maturity model that integrates various other frameworks created by SEI.

"CMMI enables not only the strengthening of software engineering processes, but also risk management and structured decision-making," the company said.

PTI