由於對管理、品質及生產力的要求，軟體開發方法的發展由生命週期模式逐漸轉 變為軟體程序模式，並強調在品質與持續改進的重要，許多研究機構陸續提出各種不同的軟 體程序模式以為各家軟體公司參考使用，目前較普遍的有 CMM、Bootstrap 和 SPICE。 現存的軟體程序模式大都龐大、複雜，評估方式不夠彈性，導致中小型軟體公司不易參考遵 循，臺灣軟體公司又大多屬於中小型企業，因而經濟部工業局在其「軟體工業生產力提昇五 年計畫」中即召集工作小組展開制定合適中小型軟體公司遵循的軟體程序。經歷制定、實地 評估、修改等階段共一年半時間，完成第一個版本的軟體程序，定名為「軟體發展能力評估 模式」。 透過對業者的實地評估及業者採行的意見回饋，本發展評估模式將持續調整模式內容、評估 方式及問卷內容，以確實能協助業者提昇軟體發展的品質與生產力。

　　　　　Because of the desire of management, quality, and productivity, the software development method is shifting from life-cycle model to software process model gradually. It emphasizes the significance of quality and continuous improvements. Many different processes have been developed and adopted by research institutes, examples include CMM, Bootstrap, and SPICE. Most models are bulkily and complex. Its evaluation methods are inflexible as well. Small and medium companies are hard to adopt. Most of the software companies are small and medium in Taiwan; therefore, the Industrial Development Bureau of Ministry of Economics Affair convened a task force under "Five years plan for software industry productivity improvement" to develop a suitable software process model for them. It had taken one and half a year to perform the first version by passing through the development, field evaluation test and modification stages. This model is called "Software Development Capability and Measurement Model." According to the results of field evaluation and the feedback of opinions of practitioners, the task force will adjust the content, evaluation method and the questionnaires continuously to insure to assist software companies to move up the quality and productivity of software development.