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The Software Engineering Institute is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center operated by Carnegie-Mellon University under contract to the Department of Defense. The views and conclusions contained in this paper are those of the authors and should not be construed as representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie-Mellon University, or the Department of Defense.

The Software Engineering Institute's Transition Partner Program encourages the rapid adoption of software engineering innovations, while maintaining a consistent approach to instruction and ensuring high‐quality results. This article describes how the program works for Capability Maturity Model®IntegrationSM(CMMISM), including the reasons that organizations seek to become SEI‐authorized transition partners for CMMISM and the criteria and steps for becoming partners. © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Syst Eng 5: 27–31, 2002; DOI 10.1002/sys.10010