@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/12502, title = {Design as Contract and Blueprint – Tackling Maturity Level 1 Software Vendors in an e-School Project}, author = {Yung-Pin Cheng and Ching-Huei Wang}, country = {}, institution = {}, abstract = {Process improvements have drawn much attention in practical software engineering. The capability maturity levels from CMMI have become an important index to assess a software company-s software engineering capability. However, in countries like Taiwan, customers often have no choices but to deal with vendors that are not CMMI prepared or qualified. We call these vendors maturitylevel- 1 (ML1) vendors. In this paper, we describe our experience from consulting an e-school project. We propose an approach to help our client tackle the ML1 vendors. Through our system analysis, we produce a design. This design is suggested to be used as part of contract and a blueprint to guide the implementation.}, journal = {International Journal of Computer and Information Engineering}, volume = {3}, number = {11}, year = {2009}, pages = {2561 - 2567}, ee = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/12502}, url = {https://publications.waset.org/vol/35}, bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/}, issn = {eISSN: 1307-6892}, publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology}, index = {Open Science Index 35, 2009}, }