A workshops on Tailoring the CMM® for small & Medium enterprises and another workshop on Verification & Validation of Software
 
SECC in cooperation with Motorola organized a workshop on Tailoring the CMM® for small & Medium enterprises (SME's) and another workshop on Verification & Validation of Software, these workshops were held on Smart Village from 23 Sept.to 5 Oct., 2003.
 
Training Objectives
 
  • To improve the quality of software in Small and Medium Enterprises (SME's).
 
Topics of Tailoring the CMM® for SME's workshop
 
  • Introduction.
  • General Tailoring Concepts.
  • CMM® View.
  • Maturity levels.
  • Risk - based approach.
  • Process tailoring.
  • Managing tailoring.
  • Fundamental Software Engineering Principles Key Principles.
  • Relationship to business issues
  • Implications for tailoring.
  • Characteristics that affect tailoring.
  • Examples of use of tailoring.
 
Topics of Verification & Validation of Software workshop
 
  • Introduction.
  • Workshop contents & approach.
  • General Concepts.
  • Definitions.
  • Economics of defects.
  • Purposes of V&V.
  • Organization approaches.
  • Types of V&V.
  • Types of testing.
  • Code inspection.
  • Modeling and simulation.
  • How to determine metrics to use.
  • Cost of Quality and Cost of Poor Quality.
  • Phase containment metrics.
  • V&V Technologies.
  • Formal code inspection.
  • ODC.
  • Software reliability modeling.
  • Auto test generation.
 
Prerequisites
 
  • Participants must have attend a training Program in CMM®, covering maturity level 2 & 3. For those who did not satisfy the above prerequisite attended the following orientation workshop.
  Introduction to CMM® and level 2 & 3 KPA's
 
Location
Smart Village.
Date
Tuesday 23 September, 2003.
Fees
Free of charge .
Instructor
SECC Staff.

Topics

 
  • Introduction to CMM®.
  • Level 2 KPA's - Part 1.
  • Level 2 KPA's - Part 2.
  • Level 3 KPA's.
 
 
Instructors Short Bio
  John F. Pellegrin:
  • John F. Pellegrin, member of the Technical Staff of Global Software Group, Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL, manages the Software Process Improvement Consulting group.
    Mr. Pellegrin has over 30 years of experience in the field of software engineering. Ever since he joined the Motorola corporate organization, he has participated in critical initiatives in software quality, process, metrics, estimation, international software standards, organization assessments and testing technologies.
    He was also involved in the establishment of new software development centers.
    For seven years, Mr. Pellegrin represented Motorola at the Software Engineering Institute, and managed the deployment of Organization Self-Assessments across Motorola during that period.
    He has lead and participated in numerous SEI CMM assessments. He was a member and chairperson of the CMM Advisory Board at the SEI.
    Prior to joining Motorola in 1990, he held research and development positions at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
    Mr. Pellegrin holds a B.A. in Mathematics from Occidental College, as well as M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in the same field from Arizona State University.
    Email: John.Pellegrin@motorola.com.


Kathy Griffith:
  • Kathy Griffith is a Program Manager at Global Software Group, Motorola, Inc., in Phoenix, Arizona.
    Ms. Griffith's last assignment was management of a start-up of a new GSG software development center in Cordoba, Argentina.
    She is currently working on the creation of a GSG Malcolm Baldrige application and various GSG improvement programs.
    She has over 22 years of experience in software engineering, customer support, as well as software and manufacturing quality leadership.
    She has led and participated in numerous SEI CMM, ISO9000, and QS9000 formal and informal assessments.
    Prior to joining Motorola in 1994, she held operating system development, project management, and leadership positions at Honeywell/Bull.
    Ms. Griffith holds a Bachelors of Science in Computer Science from Central Michigan University.
    Email: Kathy.Griffith@motorola.com.
 
Fees
 
  • 150 EGP.
   
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