Compliance scenario is getting tougher day by day. Regulatory bodies amend their standards as and when there is a serious violation and present tighter controls over every aspect of enterprise governance. Since most IT companies come under the service sector they have to handle multiple compliance issues relating to software and the specific industry they cater to. IT compliance has evolved into a serious business with organizations spending highly for compliance management.
Standards were initially popularized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Its tight reign over manufacturing sector popularized the need for a similar one in the IT sector. The onset of CMM brought about radical changes in the development of a software product. Every activity was defined as a process and constantly improvised to make it more efficient. In this way, all organizational processes contributed towards a highly efficient software product. Compliance in IT sector has certainly improved the quality of every product developed worldwide.
