Much of industry is beginning to recognize the importance of standardized and defined organization (company-wide) and functional (departmental and divisional) processes that support consistent high-quality systems, applications and methods for doing business. These processes allow a company to stay within budget and operate on a cost-effective schedule. However, good standardized processes must be engineered to accommodate and emulate unique high-quality project and program characteristics. This requires a systematic approach to developing and delivering processes that combine the advantages of standardization with the flexibility that addresses a product's unique requirements. A good start for a company is recognizing and supporting processes by adopting an ISO 9000 standard and system and to support a systems engineering organization that epitomises a Capability Maturity Model (CMM) in its own operations and practices.