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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
   CMMI for acquisition : guidelines for improving the acquisition
of products and services / Brian P. Gallagher ... [et al.].—2nd ed.
         p.    cm.
   Rev. ed. of: CMMI-ACQ. 2009.
   Includes bibliographical references and index.
   ISBN 978-0-321-71151-9 (hardcover : alk. paper)
 1. Capability maturity model (Computer software) 2. Industrial
procurement. I. Gallagher, Brian P. II. CMMI-ACQ.
   QA76.758.C556 2010
   005.1068’5—dc22
                                                                                      2010049593

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