Friday, March 3, 2006
A Top Down, Bottom up View of S/W CMMI Level 5 - Warren Scheinin, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Abstract
In November, 2005, the Systems Development Operation organization was once again assessed at CMMI Level 5 in an externally-led SCAMPI-ARC A appraisal. This presentation examines two views of the impact of this success, emphasizing the substantial rewards of operating at CMMI Level 5, and providing lessons learned to those seeking similar success. In the bottom up view, “A Project’s Perspective of CMMI Level 5” (which won an outstanding presentation award at the 5th Annual NDIA CMMI Technology Conference last November) we take a project’s perspective showing that one of the benefits to being on a project after an organization is assessed at CMMI L5 is that projects personnel reap the rewards of operating with CMMI compliant processes. In the top down view, “Ways to Ensure the Culture Supports Level 5”, we see how, by creating a culture in which all new projects are expected to build upon the maturity of previous and concurrent projects, an organization can ensure acceptance of best practices and the continually striving for process improvements by project personnel. This is a pep talk for both managers and project workers to encourage the use of CMMI Level 5 compliant processes.
Your Presenter: Warren Scheinin is a systems engineer at Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, where he has assisted projects in process improvement and maturity audits and assessments over the last four years. He has over 30 years of experience in software development and management and teaches an in-house risk management course. Warren has assisted dozens of projects in attaining ISO-9000 and CMM Level 3 and higher certifications at four major aerospace companies.
Warren has earned a BS in Electrical Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University and an MS in Computer Science from the Applied Physics Lab in Columbia, Maryland.
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Logistics
Location:Northrop Grumman E2 Presentation Center (in tall building off of Entrance 2), Redondo Beach, CA (formerly TRW) - 2299 Marine Ave., Redondo Beach, CA 90278
Directions: Take the 405 Inglewood exit (southbound it's the exit after Rosecrans East, northbound it's the exit just after Hawthorne) and go north on Inglewood Avenue (southbound, turn left at the end of the ramp, northbound, turn right). Turn left at Marine. Go west under the freeway past the railroad tracks and Redondo Beach Avenue to Entrance 2 at Mettler Drive. Turn left into the parking lot . E2 is the tall building to your right. (See page 733 A5 of the Thomas Brothers Guide.)
Time: 9 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Admission: Free
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