What is the difference between a capability model and a maturity model?
Maturity models have well-defined plateaus of process maturity, therefore, organizations are expected to implement all lower level practices before beginning to implement higher-level practices. An organization cannot be expected to gain the full benefit of higher maturity practices without the foundation of the lower maturity practices. A capability model (such as the eSCM-SP and eSCM-CL) does not imply a strict ordering of the implementation of practices by levels.
