Agenda

Monday, 14 November 2005

Track 1:

Calculating CMMI-Based Return on Investment (ROI): Why, When, What, How?, Mr. Rolf W. Reitzig, Cognece, Inc.

A Practical Guide to Implementing Levels 4 and 5, Mr. Rick Hefner, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Track 2:

Agile/Lean Workshop, Mr. Jeffrey Dutton, Jacobs Sverdrup

Mr. Tim Kasse, Kasse Initiatives, LLC:

- Leveraging ITIL Services (Suppport and Delivery) Capability and Maturity with the CMMI

- Service Management “A Process Led Approach”

- ITIL IT Infrastructure Library Overview

- Overview of Service Support & Service Delivery Functions

- Configuration Management & Change Management

- “Service Support” Change Management

- “Service Support” Configuration Management

- Configuration Management & Change Management ITIL - CMMI

- ITIL Process Maturity Self-Assessment & Action Plan

Track 3:

The Look and Feel of a Successful CMMI Implementaiton, Mr. Tim Kasse, Kasse Initiatives, LLC

How to Define CMMI Based Process That are Short and Usable and Using a Process Measurement Framework to Successfully Achieve Measurable Results, Mr. Timothy G. Olson, Quality Improvement Consultatnts, Inc.

Track 4:

Using Simulation to Support Better Management Decisions, Dr. David M. Raffo, Portland State University

Institutionalizing Resource Planning and Management Part I and Part II, Mr. Donald A. Borcherding, NexSummit, LLC

Track 5:

The CMMI V1.2 ... A Tutorial, Mr. David M. Phillips, SEI

Track 6:

Integrated Porject Management (IPM) - The CMMI and Collaborative Product Develop and Requirement Engineering: A Practicial Approach to Modeling and Managing Requirements, Mr. William J. Deibler, II Software Systems Quality Consulting - SSQC

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Tuesday, 15 November 2005

Mr. Mark Schaeffer, Director, Systems Engineering, OUSD(AT&L) Defense System and OSD Sponsor, CMMI

Mr. Dev Banerjee, Division Director, Systems & Flight Engineering, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems

Mr. John Evers, Raytheon Processes Program Manager, Raytheon Common Engineering Process Program

Brig Gen Gary Salisbury, USAF (Ret), Executive Director Business Development, Defense Mission Systems, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems

Track 1: CMMI Process Improvement

CMMI/ISO - "Can't we all just get along?", Mr. Dale R. Spaulding, The Boeing Company

Real World Application of IEEE Software Engineering Standards to CMM/CMMI Software Process Improvement Initiatives, Ms. Susan K. Land, Norhtrop Gurmman IT/TASC

The CMMI Product Suite and International Standards -- An Update, Mr. David H. Kitson, SEI

Track 2: Practical Guidance

Verification in CMMI using Peer Reviews - Presentation and Paper, Ms. Jeanne H. Balsam, Georgia Tech Research Institute

Process QA in the Information Age: Keep it Light!, Hillel Glazer, Entinex, Inc

Defect Datat and Configuation Management, Ms. Julie E. Schmarje, Raytheon Company

Track 3: Appraisals

Wasted Days and Wasted Nights - Leveraging Your Appraisal Team as a Resource, Dr. Timothy J. Davis, Raytheon Missile Systems

Building a Credible SCAMPI Appraisal Representative Sample, Mr. Robert L. Moore, III., Business Transformation Institute, Inc.

Top 10 Signs You're Ready (or Not) for an Appraisal, Mr. Gary Natwick, Harris Corporation

Track 4: ROI & Benefits of CMMI

Measuring Performance: Evidence About the Results of CMMI, Ms. Diane Gibson, SEI

Prioritizing Process Improvement Strategies in CMMI to Optimize Business Objectives, Dr. Aldo Dagnino, ABB, Inc. US Corporate Research

Implementing a Plan for Controlling ROI for CMMI Process Improvement, Mr. J. M. Perry, BAE Systems

Lessons Learned in the Engineering of Process Performance Models on the Journey to Higher Maturity Levels, Mr. Dr. Mary Anne Herndon, SAIC

Track 5: Acquisition / High Maturity

Getting Lost on the Way to Level 5, Ms. Kathy King, The Center for Systems Management

Understanding Why?, Mr. David N. Card, Q-Labs

Track 6: Transitioning to CMMI

Migrating Best Practices Within an Organization: Experiences in Adapting CMMI Policies and Procedures Used in One Part of a Business to Another, Mr. Scott Sherrill, Georgia Tech Research Institute

An Enterprise Wide CMMI Implementation at Accenture, Ms. Sarah S. Bengzon, Accenture

Stakeholder Identification and Involvement in the CMMI, Mr. James R. Armstrong, Systems and Software Consortium

Ensuring the Right Process is Deployed Right: Synchronizing Process Checkpoints with Business Rhythm, Ms. Joan Weszka, Lockheed Martin Corporation

Track 7: CMMI for Small Projects anhd Organizations

Making PPQA Work on Small Projects Presentation and Paper, Ms. Jean M. Swank, Georgia Tech Research Institute

Does Size Matter in CMMI Implementation or Was Yoda Wrong?, Mr. Paul H. Meyers, SAIC

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Wednesday, 16 November 2005

Track 1: CMMI Process Improvement

A Change Agent in a Level 1 Organization; How to Survive in a Hostile Environment, Mr. Andrew Cordes, ABB - United States Corporate Research Center

"Sound Systems Engineering Using CMMI, Mr. Michael T. Kutch, Jr., SPAWAR - Charleston

Using CMMI to "Dig Out" from an Ad Hoc Development?, Mr. Donald A. Borcherding, NexSummit, LLC

Strategic Planning: Selling a CMMI-Based Improvement Effort to Senior Management, Dr. Aldo Dagnino, ABB, Inc., US Corporate Research

Enterprise Process Intergration within the Space and Airborne Systems Business Area of Raytheon, Mrs. Deana A. Seigler, Raytheon Company

Interpreting the CMMI: It Depends!, Mr. Rick Hefner, Northrop Grumman Corporation

CMMI as Safeguard Against Software Entropy: A Manager's Perspective, Dr. Thomas F. Christian, Jr., 402 SMXG

"Its how big? How will you deploy it without killing my team and my program?", Mr. William Borkowski, Jr., Raytheon Missile Systems

Track 2: Practical Guidance

Are You Making the Most of Your Project Schedules?, Ms. Susan Byrnes, PMP, Natural SPI, Inc.

Keeping the Team Motivated for Success and “Barrier Busting” – Obtaining Active Leadership Support, Mr. Michael D. Scott, Raytheon Missile Systems

Using a Level 3 Process to Achieve CMMI Level 3, Mr. Stephen Ross, Raytheon Company

Accelerating Process Improvement through Collaboratio: The NAVAIR Systems Process Improvement Community of Practice, Ms. Katie Smith, Naval Air Systems Command

What the CMMI Doesn't Say About Training (But Should!), Sree Yellayi, Siemens Corporate Research

CMMI CP 2.8 Interpretation and Implementation: Is This Practice Just About Numbers?, Mr. Lester Stamnas, Norausky Process Solutions, Inc.

Creating Helpful process Directives, Mr. Kenneth I. Weinberg, Raytheon Company

Track 3: Appraisals

Lessions Learned in Helping Large and Small Organizations Prepare for their First Appraisal, Mr. Robert J. Pomietto, Center for Systems Management

Behind Closed Doors, Mr. Tom G. Lienhard, Raytheon Missile Systems

CMMI Appraisal Results: The Shocking Truth Revealed and Lead Appraisers Gone Wild, Ms. Margaret A. Glover, SEI

Improving Document Reviews for Appraisals, Mr. Kent McClurg, Raytheon Company

Finding CMMI Compliant Artifacts and a Needle in a Haystack, Adrio J. DeCicco, Raytheon Company

Lessons Learned and Best Practices for Evidence Collection in Preparation for a SCAMPI Appraisal, Mr. Ben Berauer, Raytheon Company

Maximizing Value for SCAMPI(SM) Preparation, Ms. Joan Weszka, Lockheed Martin Corporation

Track 4: ROI & Benefits of CMMI

Evaluating the Impact New Tools and Technologies Using Simulation, Dr. David M. Raffo, Portland State University

The ROI Dashbord (c): Understanding the Benefits of CMMI, Mr. Thomas L. McGibbon, ITT Industries, AES

Quality Assurance Involvement Compared to Program Results, Ms. Jill Brooks, Raytheon Company

Rapidly Achieving Measurable ROI Using Early Defect Detection, Mr. Timothy G. Olson, Quality Improvement Consultants, Inc.

CMMI Process Improvement: Its not a technical problem, its a people problem, Mr. Rolf W. Reitzig, Cognence, Inc.

A Project's Perspective of a CMMI Level 5, Mr. Warren Scheinin, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Achieving the Promised Benefits of CMMI, Dr. Rick Hefner, Norhtrop Grumman Corporation

Measuring Economic Benefits of Process Improvement in CMMI Level 1 Organization, Dr. Aldo Dagnino, ABB, Inc., US Corporate Research

Track 5: High Maturity

Logarithms Can Be Your Friends: Controlling Peer Review Cost?, Dr. Richard L. W. Welch, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Journeys on the Road to Level 5, Mr. Joseph V. Vanderville, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Lessons Learned on the SCAMPI Road to CMMI-Software Level 5, Mr. Joseph N. Frisina, BAE Systems

Merging Measurement in Mature Companies - A Success Story of Measurement Process Integration, Ms. Sharon Rohde, Lockheed Martin IS&S

The Road to Process Improvement Successes: CMMI Level 5/ISO 9001-2000 Business Model, Mrs. Debra S. Roy, BAE Systems, National Security Solutions

Reducing Variation at Each CMMI Maturity Level?, Mr. Timothy Kasse, Kasse Initiatives, LLC

Ways to Ensure the Culture Supports Level 5, Mr. Warren Scheinin, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Analyzing Defects Can Tell a Story About a Company?, Ms. Diane A. Mitzukami-Williams, Northrop Grumman Corporation Mission Systems

Track 6: Transition to CMMI

Combining Six IPTS and Transitioning to CMMI, Ms. Judy Overhouser-Duett, NAVAIR

How to Transition Models and Disciplines - Looking for Transition in all the Wrong Places, Ms. Lori G. Smailes, TYBRIN Corporation

Using SW-SMM SQA Independent Verificaiton as a First Step for the Transition to CMMI, Mr. Alfredo N. Tsukumo, CenPRA-Centro de Pesquisas Renato Archer

Service Extensions to the CMMI, Mr. Craig R. Hollenbach, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Applying CMMI to Services, Mr. Juan C. Ceva, Raytheon ITSS

Management Challenges & Lessons Learned Implementing CMMI in a Services Environment, Mr. Thomas E. Zience, BAE Systems Information Technology

CMMI v1.1 for a Service Oriented Organization, Mr. Steven K. Hall, Raytheon Corporation

Track 7: Measurement

Software Size Growth and Uncertainity - Both Affect Estimate Quality and Project Risk Presentation and Paper, Mr. Michael A. Ross, Galorath, Inc.

Building an Automated System to Support Measurement in CMMI, Dr. Richard Hayden, Pragma Systems Corporation

Team of Three - How to Get Program, Functional and Process Management Working Together, Mr. Mark A. Marsh, Raytheon Company

Parametric Project Monitoring and Control: Performance-Based Progress Assessment and Prediction Presentation and Paper, Mr. Michael A. Ross, Galorath, Inc.

Measuring and Estimating Process Performance, Dr. Richard D. Stutzke, SAIC

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Thursday, 17 November 2005

Track 1: CMMI Process Improvement

“Barrier Busting” – Obtaining Active Leadership Support, Mr. Michael D. Scott, Raytheon

Don’t Write the Wrong Processes!, Ms. Suzanne B. Zampella, The Center for Systems Management

Contrasting CMMI Contrasting CMMI and the PMBOK, Mr. Wayne Sherer, Anteon Corporation

Being Customer Oriented, Mr. Tim Kasse, Kasse Initiatives, LLC

Learning from Lessons Observed - Mitigating Resistance to Process Improvement, Mr. Bob Norris, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Track 2: Practical Guidance

Supplier Management Strategy Considerations with CMMI, Mr. Rick Hefner, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Simplifying Process Tailoring To Enhance Project Execution, Mr. Howard T. Kaplan, Raytheon Company

CMMI and agile: a High Tech R&D Success Story, Mr. Gene Miluk, SEI

How to Incorporate “Lessons Learned” for Sustained Process Improvements, Mr. Anil K. Midha, BAE Systems

Data Management: The Hidden Enabler or (The Key Data and Work Product Integrator), Mr. Lester Stamnas, Norausky Process Solutions

Track 3: Appraisals

Techniques for Shortening the Time and Cost of CMMI Appraisals, Mr. Sam Fogle, Systems and Software Consortium, Inc.

Using Classified Programs in CMMI Appraisals, Mr. Kenneth I. Weinberg, Raytheon Company

The Best Intentions of SCAMPI V1.1: What We Meant and What Some People Heard, Mr. Will Hayes, SEI

A Quantitative Comparison of SCAMPI A, B, and C, Mr. Dan Luttrell, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems

Performing Consistent Appraisals in a Global Organization, Ms. Jeanine Courtney-Clark, Integrated System Diagnostics, Inc

Track 4: ROI & Benefits of CMM I / SCAMPI B/C

The Effects of CMMI on Program Performance, Mr. Joseph P. Elm, SEI

Squeezing Variation for Profit, Mr. Donald R. Corpron, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Process In Execution Review (PIER) and the SCAMPI B Method, Ms. Lorraine J. Adams, SEI

Planning a SCAMPI C Appraisal from a Strategic Perspective, Mr. John P. Kennedy, The Mitre Corporation

Critical Path SCAMPISM Getting Real Business Results from Appraisals, Mr. Michael J. West, Natural SPI, Inc.

Using SCAMPI C for Collective Improvement Across a Multi-Business Program, Mr. Oktawian Nowak, Motorola, Inc.

Track 5: High Maturity

A Statistical Approach to Product Quality Assurance, mr. Randall J. Varga, BAE Systems

The Key to a High Maturity Rating is - ORGANIZATION, Mrs. Karen M. Pelletier, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Paladin Drives Forward To CMMI® Maturity Level 5, Mr. Victor Elias, M.S., Armament Software Engineering Center, US Army

Business Improvements Achieving CMMI®Level 5 at SAIC: Who Keeps Moving My Process?, Ms. Sharon Cobb Flanagan, SAIC

Extending CMMI Level 4/5 Organization Metrics Beyond Software Development, Ms. Linda R. Brooks, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Track 6: CMMI Extensions

Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI®) Tailoring for an IT/MS Services Environment, Ms. Stacy Savage, BAE Systems Information Technology

Adapting CMMI for Acquisition Organizations: A Preliminary Report, Dr. Hubert Hofmann, General Motors

How to Become Your Customer’s Software Provider of Choice, Mr. David Herron, DCG, Inc.

Space and Missile Systems CenteSpace and Missile Systems Center, Mr. Keith Wright, SPARTA, Inc.

Software Outsourcing with CMMI, Dr. John W. Mishler, SEI

Track 7: Systems Engineering

Sound Systems Engineering using CMMI®, Ms. Sandee D. Guidry, TECHSOFT

Systems Engineering Influence Throughout the CMMI, Mr. Tim Kasse, Kasse Initiatives, LLC

Future of System and Software Engineering Project Management and the CMMI, Dr. Kenneth E. Nidiffer, Systems and Software Consortium

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