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Introduction to CMMI® for Services Version 1.3

Objective

This comprehensive 3-day course will provide attendees with a fundamental understanding of the CMMI® for Services (CMMI®-SVC) model v1.3. CMMI®-SVC is a comprehensive set of guidelines that helps organizations to establish and improve processes for delivering service. The course provides detailed insights into the CMMI® model foundation (CMF) and the service specific elements of this constellation. CMMI®-SVC will be useful to service providers, process improvement group members, appraisal team participants, and anyone interested in this model. This course is an SEI requirement for anyone intending to participate on a SCAMPI℠ appraisal team member for CMMI®-SVCs.

Instructors

Dr. Richard Bechtold, president of Abridge Technology, is a process improvement consultant and has been performing SEI-based assessments and appraisals since 1992. Dr. Bechtold is also an adjunct professor at George Mason University, Virginia, and teaches graduate-level management and engineering courses. Abridge Technology is an SEI Partner.

Hosting organization

The Fraunhofer Center for Experimental Software Engineering (CESE) is a not-for-profit affiliate of the University of Maryland in College Park. Fraunhofer CESE helps organizations improve their software business through process improvement initiatives, working closely with our renowned partners to apply empirical thinking to real-world software contexts.

Registration and pricing

The course fee is US $1,395 and includes training, textbook, lecture notebook, continental breakfast and lunch. For further information please send an e-mail to: training@fc-md.umd.edu or call 240-487-2905.

2013 course offering dates

Agenda

Day 1

  • Welcome / logistics / administrative
  • Student Introductions and Expectations
  • Exercise 1: Resort Scenario - Services and Process Objectives
  • Topic: Process Excellence and CMMI-SVC
  • Topic: Defining, Establishing and Delivering Services
    • Sub-Topic: Service Delivery
    • Sub-Topic: Process Area Structure
    • Sub-Topic: Requirements Management
    • Sub-Topic: Work Planning
    • Sub-Topic: Service System Development
    • Exercise 2
  • Topic: Monitoring and Controlling Service and Work Products
    • Sub-Topic: Capacity and Availability Management
    • Sub-Topic: Work Monitoring and Control
    • Sub-Topic: Configuration Management
  • Wrap Up, Homework Assigneent
  • Day 2

    • Questions, Feedback, Homework Discussion
    • Topic: Generic Practices and Institutionalization
    • Topic: Ensuring Service Mission Success
      • Sub-Topic: Incident Resolution and Prevention
      • Sub-Topic: Risk Management
      • Sub-Topic: Service Continuity
      • Sub-Topic: Service System Transition
      • Exercise 3
    • Topic: Making Work Processes Explicit and Measurable
      • Sub-Topic: Measurement and Analysis
      • Exercise 4
    • Topic: Creating a Culture to Sustain Service Excellence
      • Sub-Topic: Process and Product Quality Assurance
      • Sub-Topic: Organizational Process Definition
      • Sub-Topic: Integrated Work Management
      • Sub-Topic: Organizational Training
      • Sub-Topic: Organizational Process Focus
      • Exercise 5

    Day 3

    • Questions and Feedback
    • Topic: Managing Decisions, Suppliers and Standard Services
      • Sub-Topic: Decision Analysis and Resolution
      • Sub-Topic: Supplier Agreement Management
      • Sub-Topic: Strategic Service Management
    • Topic: Making Work Processes Explicit and Measurable
      • Sub-Topic: Organizational Process Performance
      • Sub-Topic: Quantitative Work Management
      • Sub-Topic: Causal Analysis and Resolution
      • Sub-Topic: Organizational Process Management
    • Topic: Appraisals and Representations
    • Exercise 6
    • Topic: Organizational Culture and Change Mechanisms
    • Capstone Exercise 7
    • Course Summary, Topic Revisits, and Final Questions
    • Review: Course Expectations
    • Course Evaluations

Fraunhofer USA, Inc., Center for Experimental Software Engineering, Maryland, in collaboration with Abridge Technology, is bringing you the SEI’s authorized “Services Supplement for CMMI® Version 1.3” course. This training will be delivered under Abridge Technology’s license agreement with the SEI.

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