The Network Maturity Model for Internet development

Author

Vetter, Ron

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., North Carolina Univ., Wilmington, NC

Volume

32

Issue

10

fYear

1999

fDate

10/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

117

Lastpage

118

Abstract

The Internet has attracted more than 50 million users during the past four years, and there is every indication that its growth will continue at a similar rapid pace. As use of both enterprise networks and the Internet continues to grow, addressing the need for quality is an increasingly important issue. The paper considers the Network Maturity Model, a process for defining and implementing business decisions about allocating development resources, engineering decisions about network layout and performance, and management decisions about network operations. NMM introduces sound business and engineering practices from the disciplines of systems engineering and project and quality management to the design and operation of complex networks

Keywords

Internet; performance evaluation; quality of service; Internet; Network Maturity Model; enterprise networks; network layout; network performance; project management; quality management; quality of service; resource allocation; systems engineering; Computer networks; Computer science; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Engineering management; Human resource management; IP networks; Process design; Project management; Technology management;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2.796144

Filename

796144