Course Announcement (ref. 2008061012En)
| Course Identification |
| Course: |
Introduction to CMMI, version 1.2 |
| City: |
Totonto (Canada) |
| Course date: |
June 10-12, 2008 |
| Language: |
English |
| Instructor (s): |
Denis St-Pierre |
| Deadline for refund: |
June 5, 2008 |
| You would like to take this course if... |
- You work in an organization which is interested in the process improvement of development and maintenance of solutions, wholly or partially dependent on software
- You are about to participate in a CMMI based process evaluation and you must meet the SEI prerequisite of taking the course in order to be involved in this step
- You are starting a CMMI based process improvement program
- You want to increase the quality of your products, the productivity of your teams, to diminish the risks of your development projects and rework, and to increase your credibility, your profitability and your competitiveness
- You are looking for a way to better characterize the ability of your sub-contractors to whom you entrust part of your development or maintenance projects
- You invest risk capital in organizations who develop solutions wholly or partially dependent on software and you wish to measure your risks
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| Objectives |
- To understand the benefits to an organization in having defined processes
- To explain the internal structure of the CMMI model, its concepts and its terminology
- To understand the uses of the CMMI in both the software and systems divisions
- To be able to correctly interpret the CMMI, with the intention of becoming a CMMI evaluation team member or a member of a process improvement team
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| Intended Audience |
- Managers (directors) or practitioners who are interested in improving development or maintenance of software component solution practices (software and systems)
- Future members of an organization's process evaluation team
- Resources from process improvement groups (EPG)
- Computer scientists or systems engineers who want to improve productivity, quality and competitiveness by using a process approach
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| Topics Covered |
- Introduction
- CMMI overview
- CMMI principles
- CMMI levels
- Linking the process areas together
- Interpreting the CMMI
- Application of the CMMI
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| Prerequisites |
- To have been involved, as a manager (director), a project manager or developer for development or maintenance project of solutions wholly or partially dependent on software
- Have an interest in process oriented approaches to improve quality, productivity, client satisfaction, etc
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| Approach and Instructor's Material |
- Presentation of the theory using modules supported by course material (PowerPoint presentations developed by the SEI and additional information by Alcyonix
- Group exercises using realistic situations to help understand the concepts learned
- Interaction between participants and with the instructor (s) is encouraged (group discussions)
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| Participant Material |
- Paper copy of course material (presentations and exercises)
- "CMMI: Guidelines for Process Integration and Product Improvement"
by Mary Beth Chrissis; Mike Konrad; & Sandy Shrum
- Bilingual CMMI poster
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| Accreditation |
- Certificate from the SEI and Alcyonix
- Official registration in the SEI's data base
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| Schedule |
- From 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with a 15 minute break in
the morning and in the afternoon and a one hour
lunch break
- This schedule is flexible and can be negotiated
with a group consensus
- In general, the last day of the course finishes
earlier
- Some preparatory reading, or reading during the
evenings could be requested or recommended by the
instructor
- With the exception of prior discussion with the
instructor, accreditation will not be given to a
participant who misses part of the course
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| Payment Method* |
- By company check mailed to Alcyonix at 1494 Montarville,
Suite 205, Quebec (CANADA), J3V 3T5
- By company check paid at the beginning of the
course
- By personal check mailed to Alcyonix at 1494 Montarville,
Suite 205, Quebec (CANADA), J3V 3T5
- By personal check paid at the beginning of the
course
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| Conditions |
- Substitutes are accepted providing the
registered participant accepts the replacement
either by phone or by written notification
- There will be no refunds after the deadline; the
amount become fully due and payable to Alcyonix
- Alcyonix reserves the right to cancel or change the course; in this case Alcyonix would advise the registered participants
as soon as possible, who can withdraw their participation without penalty (for example: a new date or venue is proposed) or reregister
- The total payment is due before the start of the course, the limit being day one (the participant can pay on that day)
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Amount due before taxes: |
1800.00$ |
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Applicable taxes: |
90.00$ |
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Total due: |
1890.00$ |
Currency: |
$Can |
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| Added Value |
Adding to the benefits of the SEI authorized CMMI course, Alcyonix would like to offer 2 more reasons to
take
the CMMI course in 2008. For all CMMI courses in both French and English, contact our resource person if one of the
following applies:
- By registering 3 or more people, you will receive a 30% discount, starting with the 3rd participant.
- Send a scout in order to see for yourself the quality of our CMMI courses and if you confirm an in-house course within 6 months, the cost of that participant will be deducted from the cost of the in-house course.
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| Registration |
- On-line: Complete this form
- By fax: +1 (514) 221-2018 print this form
- By phone: +1 (450) 450-653-3533
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