Aselsan’s Maturity Level Once Again Certified
Aselsan, being one of the advanced technology company of the Turkish defence industry, has set its target to develop its business processes to meet CMMI level 3 requirements for the purpose of business sustainability due to the high growth rate achieved in recent years.
As a result of these studies conducted in line with this target and as per the audits completed in midst October, all activities of AselsanSST Group, categorized under Product Development, System Development and System Integration were found to be performed at Maturity Level 3 according to CMMI model.The audit results were evaluated and approved by U.S. based Software Engineering Institute (SEI), which has developed the CMMI model and has been issuing CMMI certificates.
As a consequence, SST Group obtained CMMI certificate for all design and development disciplines as system design/development, software design / development, hardware design / development and mechanical design / development.
In addition to its full compliance to CMMI model requirements, Aselsan SST Group was also found to be robust in terms of its influential matrix organization focusing on project management, powerful internal communication of organizational units horizontally and vertically, qualified and experienced personnel structure, support of management to improvement activities, emphasis on automation for processes.
CMMI introduces a comprehensive model covering processes necessary for the corporates to achieve successfully their projects comprising design and development activities, targets to be achieved based on these processes and arrangements that enable the accomplishment of these targets. Besides the engineering processes intended to design and development, CMMI model incorporates other processes such as project management, quality management, subcontractor management and other support processes. Corporates, which have fulfilled 18 targets and applications out of 22 process fields determined in CMMI model, are deemed to be at Maturity Level 3.
Aselsan SST Group has been performing research-development, production, integration and integrated logistic support activities atmilitary field such as Air Defence Systems, Command-Control and Computer Systems, Fire Support Systems, Weapon Systems, Unmanned Systems, Naval Systems, Subsurface Acoustic Systems and Coast-Border Guard Systems; and at civilian field such as Smart Transportation Systems. SST Group also holds ISO 9001, NATO AQAP 2110 and AQAP 2210 quality certificates.
With this certificate, the competence of Aselsan’s Management System was once again certified.It is expected that this certificate will have a positive impact on Aselsan’s accomplishment of international sales target by contributing to its competitive power.
