[1] Jointly organized by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University and the Object Management Group (OMG), CISQ is designed to be a neutral forum in which customers and suppliers of IT application software can develop an industry-wide agenda of actions for defining, measuring, and improving IT software quality.
[2][3] CISQ was launched in August 2009 by 24 founders including SEI and OMG.
Software measurement and productivity expert Capers Jones is a CISQ Distinguished Advisor.
In September 2012, CISQ published its standard measures for evaluating and benchmarking the reliability, security, performance efficiency, and maintainability of IT software.
[4] In January 2013, OMG adopted Automated Function Point specifications.