Lead Assessor Training & Guidance programme

CMM Lead Assessor Training Programme

Do you intend to develop or acquire a solid Software CMM Assessment Method?
Do you wish to become an (SEI-Authorized) CMM Lead Assessor?

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CMM Lead Assessor Training Programme: 3 phases
SEI's course Introduction to the CMM, 19-21 October 1999 / 18 - 20 April 2000, Eindhoven - The Netherlands
Action Focused Assessment Method, 22-26 November 1999 / 8-12 May 2000, Eindhoven - The Netherlands

CMM Lead Assessor Training Programme

The Dutch CMM Lead Assessor Programme consists of three phases:

The Initial CMM Assessor Training Phase, during which you receive basic CMM- and Assessment-training. The initial CMM Assessor Training is offered through public courses. For enrolling in the second phase, successful completion of the first phase is mandatory, unless you have already followed "SEI's Introduction to the CMM" and official "CBA IPI" training elsewhere.
The CMM Assessor Guidance phase. During this phase you are mentored to become an independent CMM-assessor, and your skills are brought to the level where you can enroll in the SEI Lead Assessor Course. After succesful completion of phase two, your organization can take an AFA Licence Contract for the independent usage of all AFA-materials.
The CMM Lead Assessor Monitoring and Registration Phase. During this phase you are mentored and evaluated until you are officially registered as an SEI-authorized lead Assessor.

Prerequisites for becoming an SEI-Authorized Lead Assessor

Aspirant CMM-Assessors who wish to become CMM assessment team member should fulfil the following requirements:

have adequate knowledge of the CMM
have a minimum six years of software engineering experience in software development or maintenance in an appropriate technical area, e.g., software design, software quality assurance, requirements analysis, configuration management, and testing
have a minimum two years of experience managing software development personnel
have a degree or equivalent experience in an appropriate technical area

On top of these requirements, aspirant assessors who intend to become SEI Authorized CMM Lead Assessor must filfil the following SEI-requirements:

successful completion of the SEI course Introduction to the CMM
verified participation as an assessment team member in at least two CBA IPIs within two years prior to applying to the program (SEI verifies from the Process Appraisal Information System (PAIS)).

ISPI and SPI Partners will support and guide you with reaching the two last prerequisites for entering the SEI Lead Assesor Programme.

	Phase One: Initial CMM Assessor Training Phase
Step 1.1	You have checked whether you fulfil the first three SEI-requirements (above) for entering the SEI Lead Assessor Programme. If you haven't yet, you will follow the SEI's Introduction to the CMM course, which is publicly offered by SPI Partners and ISPI on 19-21 April, 1999 in The Netherlands. Completion of this course will fulfil the fourth SEI-requirement for enrolling in the SEI Lead Assessor Programme.
Step 1.2	You follow the Action Focused Assessment Method course. This is the enriched (CAF-compliant) CBA IPI course, which is publically offered on 6-12 May 1999 in The Netherlands. After completion of this course you have been trained in conducting CMM assessments for internal process improvement.
	Phase Two: CMM Assessor Guidance Phase
Step 2.1	You decide to continue the CMM Lead Assessor Education Programme. Your organization closes a contract with ISPI and SPI Partners for your enrolling into the *CMM Lead Assessor Guidance Programme*. Under this contract it is agreed that: Your organization obtains the selling rights of the AFA-method. You will sell the AFA-method, and you close AFA- contracts with your customers (if necessary, ISPI and SPI Partners will help you to do the selling part). ISPI and SPI Partners will coach your organization during three AFA-assessments: We provide the necessary Lead Assessors, Assessors and Instructors for your Assessment Teams. Two of the three guided assessments take place during phase two. The final assessment takes place during phase three. During the assessment team trainings (in the startup-phase of each assessment) you will practice in being the instructor for the team training. You are mentored by the Lead Assessor. The fee for the ISPI/SPI Partners' Assessors and instructors is based on a daily rate only. If no assessments take place, there are no costs. Up to three junior assessors of your organization can be coached under one AFA Guidance Contract (without extra cost).
	AFA Licence Contract
	After the succesful completion of the CMM Assessor Guidance Phase, your organization is entitled to take an AFA Licence Contract for your company's independent usage of ISPI's AFA-method and all supporting tools. The AFA-tools can be used for both AFA-assessments and Software Capability Evaluations (SCE). The tools consist of:
	Assessment Preparation Checklists Sample AFA On Site Period (OSP) Schedule ISPI's Assessment Team Members Guide Example of Senior Management Presentation Organizational Structure Questionnaire Documented Process Questionnaire Key Practices Questionnaire, Reponse Analysis Algorithm and Sample Reponse Analysis Form
	Interview Question Database for: Senior Management interview Middle Management interview Project Leader interview Practitioner interview Requirements and Design Practitioner interview Code and Module Test Practitioner interview Intergration, System and Acceptance Testing Practitioner interview Software Quality Assurance and Configuration Management Process Capability/ Preliminary Findings Recording Form Technique For Action Focused Findings (TAFFI) reporting template and WORD-Macro. Guidance for Action Planning (GAP) Highlights Generic Action plans for CMM Level 2 KPA's Summary information on CMM and AFA
	The price for the Licence Contract is US$ 10.000,-. There is NO annual fee. The ISPI AFA-tools are improved continuously (e.g. when CMM version 2 will be released). Updates of ISPI's AFA-tools can be ordered for $1.000,-.
	Phase Three: SEI Lead Assessor Monitoring and Registration Phase
Step 3.1	Having completed two Action Focused Assessments of which the results have been reported back to the SEI's Process Appraisal Information System (PAIS), you now fulfil all SEI-prerequisites and you enroll in the SEI Lead Assessor Programme. You follow the Lead Assessor Course at the SEI.
Step 3.2	You have now completed the SEI (CBA IPI) Lead Assessor course. Before being admitted as SEI-Lead Assessor, you still have to execute one more assessment in which you take the role of lead assessor. During this third Guided Assessment your performance is reviewed by a Lead Assessor of ISPI or SPI Partners (under the agreed upon CMM Lead Assessor Guidance Contract of step 3).
Step 3.3	Upon successful completion of the third assessment, the evaluator (Lead Assessor) will report the positive result back to the SEI. You are now ready to be registered as an SEI-Authorized Lead Assessor.

Registration for the public courses

For details on the two public courses click SEI's Introduction to the CMM or Action Focused Assessment Method.
Direct registration is possible in three ways:

FAX:

Download the Fax-registration form
(in zipped PDF-format, 43 Kb).

ELECTRONIC:

Fill in the Electronic Registration form

PHONE:

Call SPI Partners: 040 - 248. 98.22
Tel International: +31 40 248 98 22
Fax (Courses): +31.40 266 86 66

More information

For more information please contact:


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.