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TickIT initiative came about as a result of a report commissioned by the British Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to review the state of software quality and development in industry. This report showed that there was a reluctance on the part of the software producers to adopt ISO9000 as it was pitched at a high level of generality, the terminology was difficult to interpret for software and the guidance documentation was confusing. As a result of the findings of this report, the British Government decided to appoint the British Computer Society (BCS) to lead an initiative called TickIT. The aim of this initiative was to create a detailed method for organization, procedures and rules for a Software Sector Certification Scheme (SSCS) which would cover the assessment and certification of an organization's software quality management scheme to ISO9000/BS5750. A successful audit by a TickIT-accredited certification body results in the award of a certificate of compliance to ISO 9001:2000, endorsed with a TickIT logo. One may consider TickIT as a British guide to using ISO 9001 and ISO 9000-3. So how does ISO/TickIT compare to CMM. Both these standards have a common concern for quality. While ISO identifies the minimal requirements for a quality system, the CMM underlies the need for a continuous improvement. The ISO members maintain that if you read ISO 9001 in depth then you would realize that it does address the continuous process improvement. e.g. Corrective Action clause in ISO may be considered to address continuous improvement. Both ISO and CMM have been accepted world wide. Some organizations, e.g. NASA, have adopted ISO, while other organizations e.g. Department Of Defense, have opted for CMM.