Dayton SPIN Upcoming Meetings

May Program: Executives' Perspective on Process Improvement

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:18:00 EST

It is a well known fact in process improvement that any improvement initiatives can only be successful if there is effective and visible sponsorship and leadership. This session will concentrate on the perspectives and experiences of successful executives, sponsors and managers at two prominent local companies. These executives will be discussing why they are involved, how they make their sponsorship visible, and the benefits they have received, and continue to receive from supporting a strong process improvement initiative. In the case of CDO Technologies, STS Division, they focused on CMM and CMMI based process improvement for many years but didn�t realize any significant results or benefits until they directly connected their operations with their defined processes, and aligned their governance mechanisms with their business and improvement goals and objectives. Don Ertel and Paul Nelson will be discussing the journey they went through in driving this focus and what worked and what didn�t.

April Program:

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:59:00 EST

The April 2009 program presented by the Dayton SPIN will be panel discussion with Dayton SPIN members that attended Software Engineering Process Group North America Conference (SEPG NA) 2009. The conference theme was “Performance Improvement Through Process and Workforce Capability”. Additional information about the Conference can be found at http://www.sei.cmu.edu/sepgna/2009

The SEPG NA is the premier conference focused at software and systems engineering improvement methods and techniques. The SEPG NA is hosted by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) and is one of the primary venues for communicating direction and news from the SEI. Additionally, the SEPG NA is one of the most significant means of communicating and staying abreast of industry direction and best practices, both state of the art and state of the practice, in systems and software engineering.

Through this Dayton SPIN program, panel members will provide a synopsis of the news and direction of SEI and the industry best practices. Additionally the panel members will provide a synopsis of the session that each attended.

Panelists: Kathy Smith, Lisa Eilerman, Mike Evanoo

March Program: CMMI and Six Sigma: A Base Case for Multi-Model Process Improvement

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:55:00 EST

The pre-recorded presentation will review an ongoing body of work at the SEI regarding research in the effective use of multiple models for process improvement. The focus of the research was on CMMI and Six Sigma but also included reference to ISO Standards, ITIL and Agile methods.

February Program:"The New and Improved PMBOK 4th Edition"

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:21:00 EST

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)is is an internationally recognized standard that provides the fundamentals of project management as they apply to a wide range of projects, including the Software and Information Technology. This program focuses on the changes introduced in the newest PMBOK released several weeks ago (Dec. 31, 2008). The new edition better aligns with other PMI standards - Program Management, Portfolio Management, and the Organizational Program Management Maturity Model (OPM3). The discussion will include the new process areas, data flows and tighter integration with the knowledge areas. Speaker: Mr. Eric Weston, MBA, PMP Eric brings over 20 years of experience in all phases of business transformation and technology implementation. His expertise includes business process design/optimization, organizational design and development, business and IT strategy, and improving software project performance.

January Program: "The Team Software ProcessSM and CMMI� Process Improvement"

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:06:00 EST

"The Team Software ProcessSM and CMMI� Process Improvement" This program presents the Team Software ProcessSM (TSPSM) and how the Software Engineering Institute has developed the TSP into its preferred "how-to" implementation of the CMMI practices. The program shares data and makes recommendations for organizations that are interested in enjoying the benefits of TSP driven CMMI process improvement. Speaker: Dr. Philip Miller Dr. Miller joined the Computer Science School at Carnegie Mellon in July 1979, where he headed programming instruction, built programming environments and researched their use. He joined the Software Engineering Institute in 2005 where he heads an academic initiative. He conceived of, launched, and participated in the Mexican TSP Initiative. He leads the SEI/Carnegie Mellon Master of Science in Software Engineering � Software Engineering Management (MSIT-SEM) effort.

November Program: CMMI and Agile

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 10:10:00 EST

CMMI for Development consists of best practices that address development and maintenance activities applied to products and services. It addresses practices that cover the product�s lifecycle from conception through delivery and maintenance. The emphasis is on the work necessary to build and maintain the total product. The Manifesto for Agile Software Development declares in part: We are uncovering better ways of developing software. Through this work we have come to value: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan Agile development methods and CMMI best practices are often perceived to be at odds with each other. If these perceptions or their causes are not resolved, we are likely to see more confusion and conflict as the adoption of each increases. In the long term, this situation is not healthy for the software engineering profession.