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Figure 3. CMM Planning Tool [based on (Mark C. Paulk, Weber, & Chrissis, 1993)]
CHARACTERISTICS OF GITM 1.0
GITM Level 2: Defined
GITM Level 1: Awareness
Organizations at GITM Level 2 have crossed the
passive-active boundary onto the active side. They
have decided to begin examining their processes
and defining and redefining them for greening
through IT management. In other words, these
organizations have clearly started to look at what
can be done and have also taken concrete steps to
implement identified changes.
The extent to which Level 3 is attained can
be elucidated by the comprehensive nature and
the completeness of definition efforts. For the au-
thors of this study, this means examining existing
greening policies as they pertain to asset, power
and personnel management, as well as to their
constituent components (Figure 4).
Following the paradigm suggested by the CMM
Planning Tool (Figure 3), a useful exercise is to
determine the Common Features that organize
Key Process Areas and contain Key Practices.
Paulk et al. (1993) list five Common Features in
context of their discussion on applying CMM to
software:
Corresponding to the CMM Level 1 (Initial),
GITM maturity at this point is called Awareness.
The existence of the level is predicated on the
notion that, before action commences, organiza-
tions must go through a phase of consciousness
raising. The knowledge about the effects of carbon
gases on earth's atmosphere and on related long-
term problems if nothing is done, should reach
all strata of the organization. At GITM level 1,
organizational leaders recognize that greening
through IT management is an important issue, in
which their organization must take part.
Understandably, the level of GITM awareness
- in and of itself - could have a number sub-levels.
Just knowing something and having extensive
depth and breadth of knowledge could, qualita-
tively, be very different things. Nevertheless, at
this level knowledge is, by definition, passive and
does not lead to action no matter how deep and
profound it may be.
1. Commitment to perform
2. Ability to perform
