Polk’s innovative approach to product development and quality was validated by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), whose assessment team awarded the company a Level II Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI) rating. The SEI is a joint venture between the U.S. Government and Carnegie-Mellon University. The CMMI rating is their global standard reserved for those companies that exhibit world-class product development capabilities.

The SEI Assessment team reviewed and analyzed over 1,300 different attributes of projects and processes and concluded that R. L. Polk & Co. was performing at CMMI Level II and was well on its way to CMMI Level III.

The results have been higher quality products that are developed faster and at a lower cost.