In the continuous representation, a list of process areas and their corresponding capability levels that represent the organization's progress for each process area while advancing through the capability levels. (See “target staging,” “capability level profile,” and “target profile.”)

1. This glossary is from Appendix C of Technical Report CMU/SEI-2002-TR-004.
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