The main differences between a software process assessment and a software capability evaluation
are:
A.
Software process assessments and software capability evaluations are essentially identical, and
there are no major differences between the two.
B.
Software capability evaluations determine the state of an organizations current software process
and are used to gain support from within the organization for a software process improvement
program; software process assessments are used to identify contractors who are qualified to
develop software or to monitor the state of the software process in a current software project.
C.
Software process assessments are used to develop a risk profile for source selection; software
capability evaluations are used to develop an action plan for continuous process improvement.
D.
Software process assessments determine the state of an organizations current software process
and are used to gain support from within the organization for a software process improvement
program; software capability evaluations are used to identify contractors who are qualified to
develop software or to monitor the state of the software process in a current software project.
Explanation:
The other answers are distracters. If, in answer “Software process assessments are used…” the
terms software process assessments and software capability evaluations were interchanged, that
result would also be correct. It would then read, Software capability evaluations are used to develop
a risk profile for source selection; software process assessments are used to develop an action plan
for continuous process improvement.