The CMM Based Appraisal (CBA) For Internal Process Improvement (IPI) is a licensed method of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) for assessing an organizations capability for developing and maintaining software. It is intended to give the improving organization an overview of where it is with regards to their improvement efforts, and where to focus resources in order to improve their capability.

The CMM Based Appraisal focuses on a thorough examination of the software organization. The results of the assessment are formulated to give the organization an idea of what they need to do to improve. No attribution is given to any project or individual; the results are intended for the organizations capability to produce and maintain software. The CBA / IPI is an excellent activity to baseline the organizations current software capability.