Metric based Comparison of Reference Models based on Similarity
Simona Jeners, Horst Lichter, Elena Pyatkova · International Journal of Digital Content Technology and its Applications · 2012
A variety of reference models such as CMMI, CobiT or ITIL support IT organizations to improve their processes. Although these reference models (RM) cover different domains they also share some similarities. There are organizations that address multiple domains and want to use different RMs. As RMs may overlap in some processes, we present an approach to compare RMs’ procedures which is based on a common RM integration model and on similarity metrics. Our approach enables organizations to better understand RMs by identifying commonalities and specific details of the different RMs in order to avoid redundant improvement measures.