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FIGURE 20.4 The IDEAL model

SW-CMM and IDEAL Model Memorization

To help you remember the initial letters of each of the 10 level
names of the SW-CMM and IDEAL models (II DR ED AM LO),
imagine yourself sitting on the couch in a psychiatrist’s office
saying, “I…I, Dr. Ed, am lo(w).” If you can remember that phrase,

then you can extract the 10 initial letters of the level names. If you
write the letters out into two columns, you can reconstruct the level
names in order of the two systems. The left column is the IDEAL
model, and the right represents the levels of the SW-CMM.