Presentation Level: Introductory
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| 3:15 - 3:30 PM - Registration 3:00 - 5:00 PM - General Meeting |
Southdale-Hennepin Area Library 7001 York Avenue South Edina, MN Map & Directions |
This presentation provides both:
- An overview of the SEI Capability Maturity Model (CMM), and
- A look at a local success story, achieved in the face of adversity!
The Overview describes the motivation for the SEI CMM, what the CMM is (and is not), the vital few principles that the CMM is based on, and some success stories and data.
The second part of the presentation describes 4 success stories while moving toward SEI Level 2 at FSI International, Inc. The success stories come primarily from the commitment process, which consists of Requirements Management, Software Project Planning, and Software Project Tracking and Oversight.
This presentation was recently given at the SEPG ’99 conference in Atlanta, GA.
Timothy G. Olson is founder and President of Quality Improvement Consultants (QIC), Inc. Mr. Olson is a Juran Institute Associate, an Authorized SEI Lead Assessor, and a SEMATECH representative for software process improvement. In his consulting, Mr. Olson has helped organizations measurably improve quality, productivity and save costs of poor quality. Mr. Olson was also employed at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) for almost 7 years in the Software Process Program. Mr. Olson has co-developed a Software Quality Course for the University of Minnesota and is a professor in the Computer Science department. He is currently a member of IEEE and ASQ, and he helped start-up two SPINs in the Twin Cities area.
Pat Wegerson is the SEPG chair and a Staff Engineer / Software Project Manager at FSI International, Inc., Minneapolis, MN. Mr. Wegerson championed software process improvement at FSSI and leads the effort to achieve Level 2, performing process assessment, process development, and steering committee duties. His work also includes software systems engineering and industry standards development. Mr. Wegerson’s previous experience is in embedded, real-time software and hardware, and in communications. Mr. Wegerson holds a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Science degree in Software Engineering. He is a member of the IEEE, ASQ, and an original member of TwinSPIN.