<s>
The	O
Consortium	O
for	O
IT	O
Software	O
Quality	O
(	O
CISQ	B-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
IT	O
industry	O
group	O
comprising	O
IT	O
executives	O
from	O
the	O
Global	O
2000	O
,	O
systems	O
integrators	O
,	O
outsourced	O
service	O
providers	O
,	O
and	O
software	O
technology	O
vendors	O
committed	O
to	O
making	O
improvements	O
in	O
the	O
quality	O
of	O
IT	O
application	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jointly	O
organized	O
by	O
the	O
Software	O
Engineering	O
Institute	O
(	O
SEI	O
)	O
at	O
Carnegie	O
Mellon	O
University	O
and	O
the	O
Object	B-Architecture
Management	I-Architecture
Group	I-Architecture
(	O
OMG	O
)	O
,	O
CISQ	B-Application
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
neutral	O
forum	O
in	O
which	O
customers	O
and	O
suppliers	O
of	O
IT	O
application	B-Application
software	I-Application
can	O
develop	O
an	O
industry-wide	O
agenda	O
of	O
actions	O
for	O
defining	O
,	O
measuring	O
,	O
and	O
improving	O
IT	O
software	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CISQ	B-Application
was	O
launched	O
in	O
August	O
2009	O
by	O
24	O
founders	O
including	O
SEI	O
and	O
OMG	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
founders	O
of	O
CISQ	B-Application
are	O
Paul	O
D	O
.	O
Nielsen	O
,	O
Director	O
and	O
CEO	O
of	O
SEI	O
and	O
Richard	O
Mark	O
Soley	O
,	O
Chairman	O
and	O
CEO	O
of	O
OMG	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bill	O
Curtis	O
,	O
the	O
co-author	O
of	O
the	O
CMM	O
framework	O
is	O
CISQ	B-Application
's	O
first	O
Director	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	B-General_Concept
measurement	I-General_Concept
and	O
productivity	O
expert	O
Capers	O
Jones	O
is	O
a	O
CISQ	B-Application
Distinguished	O
Advisor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2012	O
,	O
CISQ	B-Application
published	O
its	O
standard	O
measures	O
for	O
evaluating	O
and	O
benchmarking	O
the	O
reliability	O
,	O
security	O
,	O
performance	O
efficiency	O
,	O
and	O
maintainability	O
of	O
IT	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2013	O
CISQ	B-Application
reached	O
500	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2013	O
,	O
WIPRO	O
become	O
the	O
fourth	O
major	O
sponsor	O
to	O
join	O
the	O
list	O
of	O
industry	O
participants	O
investing	O
in	O
the	O
completion	O
and	O
adoption	O
of	O
CISQ	B-Application
standards	O
in	O
the	O
IT	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
