SEI Introduction to the CMM^® Integration^SM for
Software & Systems Engineering, IPPD and Supplier Sourcing V1.1
Continuous Representation

Three Days + One Extra Day:
Detailed Maturity Level 2 Process Areas
Detailed Maturity Level 3 Process Areas

oes your organization search for an integrated method for improving both software and systems engineering?
Do you want to learn everything about the successors of the CMM-SW and the SE-CMM?
Do you want to understand both Staged and Continuous Representations?
Do you want to become team member on an official SCAMPI Appraisal?
Do you want to become CMMI SCAMPI Lead Appraiser?

Now extra: Receive a free copy of Tim Kasse's new book

"Practical Insight into CMMI" (value USD 79,00)

This course is organized by SPI Partners BV in The Netherlands and it is presented by Tim Kasse under the Kasse Intitiatives LLC Transition Partner Licence with the Software Engineering Institute.

This four-day workshop consists of the official three days SEI Introduction to the CMMI (continuous representation) class, extended with one day of deeper knowledge transfer and discussion of the CMMI process area's and practices at CMMI capabililty levels 2 and 3.

Target Audience

This training is highly recommended for all Lead Assessors and process improvement consultants who have previous experience with other models such as CMM for Software (SW-CMM), Systems Engineering CMM (EIA 731), Integrated Process and Product (IPD-CMM), SPICE (15504), or BOOTSTRAP and who are interested in supporting organizations’ process improvement initiatives utilizing an integrated capability maturity model. Assessment teams who are going to be using the CMMI-based assessment method in the future will benefit from this course.
It is useful for SEPG members who wish to evolve into Engineering Process Group members to support their organizations’ integrated Systems and Software development efforts. Quality Managers and Configuration Management Managers will also benefit from attending this detailed workshop as they evolve to support their organization’s process and product development and not restrict themselves to focusing on software only.
The course is a mandatory requirement for those who want to become CMMI SCAMPI Lead Assessor.

Course Description

With CMMI-SE/SW V1.1 (released August 2001), organizations currently using different models for separately improving systems engineering and software engineering will be able to use the integrated model to improve, train, and assess processes more commonly and consistently. Use of this CMMI model supports enterprise-wide improvement by enabling the integrated assessment of both systems and software engineering. The integrated model incorporates the best features of the source models from which it is derived [Capability Maturity Model for Software (SW-CMM^®) V2.0 draft C and EIA/IS-731 Systems Engineering Capability Model (SECM)]. This new model will enable organizations to build on previous investments in improvement based on the SW-CMM V1.1 or the SECM, and at the same time to benefit from the standardization and commonality of the integrated model.

This training provides an in-depth look at the details of the CMMI. Participants will receive background and insight into the details of the CMMI and will engage in discussions of the engineering principles behind the guidance the CMMI provides.

The course discussion emphasizes understanding of the six maturity levels of the CMMI and their characteristic process areas (PA's). The CMMI-SE/SW has both a staged and a continuous representation. Both representations are addressed during the course, but the main focus is on the Continuous representation.

The course is composed of lectures and class exercises with ample opportunity for participant questions and discussions. The course is helpful in identifying issues that should be addressed in performing software and systems engineering process improvement as structured by the CMMI. The number of participants is typically limited to no more than 24 per class to allow participants the maximum opportunity to ask questions and raise issues.

The course will be presented in English.

Topics covered in this course

• Introduction
• CMMI overview
• Engineering process maturity: CMMI principles
• Capability levels and process areas of the CMMI Model Continuous Representation
• Linking the process areas together
• Interpreting CMMI
• Application of CMMI

Additions to the standard 3-days SEI Course include:

• Detailed discussion of Process Areas at CMMI Capability Level 2 and 3
• A Constageduous Point of View as a healthy compromise between Continuous and Staged Representations of the CMMI

Schedule

Day 1: 09.00 - 18.00
Day 2: 08.30 - 18.00
Day 3: 08.30 - 18.00
Day 4: 08.30 - 17.00

Course Work

Two hours of reading homework will be assigned for the first and second evening of the course.

Instructor(s)

Instructor: Tim Kasse is the Manager and Principal Consultant of Kasse Initiatives LLC (KI). He is the architect of the Action Focused Assessment Method. He has participated in more than 50 Action Focused Software Process Assessments, of which more than half have been conducted in Europe. He is also the developer and Lead Consultant for KI's Software Quality Engineering Workshop and Software Configuration Management Workshop. Tim is a recognized speaker at major conferences around the world including the SEI’s USA, European and Asian SEPG Conferences, the Software Technology Conference, and the World Congress on Software Quality.

Prior to starting ISPI, Tim spent four years at the Software Engineering Institute. During his tenure at the SEI, Tim was task leader for the Self-Assessment effort and the Manager of SEI's Software Process Assessment (SPA) Project. Tim was a major contributor to the development of the CMM-SW, which provides the framework for the SEI's assessments and evaluations. Tim is a trained ISO 9000 auditor and he has 30 years of software and systems related experience. Tim has been the lead developer of the SEI CMMI training development programme. Tim is SEI authorized SCAMPI Lead Appraiser and authorized instructor of the Introduction to CMMI course. Tim teaches in English.

Instructor: Simon Porro  (1962) is Software Process Improvement consultant. He founded SPI Partners in 1997 and he is based in Eindhoven (NL). Simon holds a masters degree in computing Science from Eindhoven University of Technology. Since 1985 he has been working in the fields of software engineering, software project- and group management, software quality assurance, quality systems management and software process assessment and improvement. Simon developed the Qualityhouse CMM-Assessment Method in 1995 and the Dutch Euroform/Qualityhouse course "Aan de slag met het CMM" (1996). He is ISO 9000 auditor and teaches ISO 9000, internal auditing, Software Process Improvement and in particular the CMM.  Simon is SEI Authorised CBA-IPI Lead Assessor, SEI authorized SCAMPI Lead Appraiser Action Focused Lead Assessor for CMM and CMMI, and authorized instructor of the SEI Introduction to CMMI course. He leads assessment teams and guides process improvement programs. Simon was member of one of the audit teams for the Dutch Quality Prize in 1998. Simon presents various non-SEI course-materials. Simon is native Dutch and teaches in English, Dutch and German.

Course Materials

Participants receive a course notebook, and a paper binder of the CMMI Continuous representation and a free copy of Tim Kasse's book Practical Insight to CMMI.
Furthermore the participants receive a CD with:
- electronic copies of the CMM and CMMI, ARC, SCAMPI, CBA-IPI method
- various articles and additional readings
- CMMI-Browser: a very handy, open-source Access application for browsing the CMMI
- Two self-assessment tools for CMM and CMMI

Course Certificate

Participants who successfully complete the course receive an official certificate from the SEI. Their names are registered at the SEI for future reference in case they would like to enroll in the CMMI SCAMPI Lead Appraiser programme or the CMMI trainer programme.

Course Location & Pricing

Course Location: Aristo Zalen, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Price: EURO 2.200,- (excl. VAT). The price for successive participants from the same organization is EURO 1.980,- (excl. VAT).

Hotel accomodations are not included in the course fee. There are four good hotels within three minutes walking distance. Eindhoven has an international Airport with direct daily connections to Amsterdam, London, Paris and Hamburg.
  

Registration

Registration is handled by SPI Partners. There are three easy ways to register:

Payment and Cancellation Policy:

SPI Partners has the right to cancel the course at the latest 15 calendar days prior to the course's start date if fewer than 8 participants have registered at that time.
The invoice for this course will be sent by SPI Partners 15 calendar days prior to the course's start date. Payment on the SPI Partners Bank Account is due 30 days after the invoice date (so about two weeks after the start date of this course). For participants who reside outside the European Union, payment on our Bank Account is due before the start of the course. We do not send invitation letters for obtaining a visum for The Netherlands.
If you are unable to attend this course, your organization may delegate another individual from your organization instead of you until the morning of the start date of the course.
A cancellation fee of Euro 100,= (exclusing VAT) will be charged for cancellations received more than 15 calendar days prior to the course's start date. Registrants whose cancellation is received after sending of the invoice, as well as no shows, are liable for payment of the entire fee for the course. All prices are in Euro and exclude BTW/VAT.

More information

For more information, call SPI Partners: 040 248 98 22, international: +31 40 248 98 22.

Simon Porro, SPI Partners, Sprookjesbosch 53, 5629 JB Eindhoven, The Netherlands Tel: +31 40 248 98 22, Fax (Courses): +31 40 266 86 66 Fax (Personal): +31 40 248 42 34 Email: info@spipartners.nl  Web: http://www.spipartners.nl.

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