[1] Award recipients receive an engraved commemorative plaque and make several presentations at appropriate practitioner and researcher community events.
Award recipients also produce an SEI Technical Report describing their accomplishments, experiences, and lessons learned.
In 1994, the Software Process Achievement Award program was first established by the IEEE Computer Society.
Since then, only nine companies have received this award, including renowned organizations such as Goddard Space Flight Center, Raytheon Company and Hughes Electronics.
So far, six North American companies, two Indian IT services providers, and one Colombian software development organization have received the accolade.