The next SPA Cambridge talk will be on 9th May at Microsoft Research Cambridge (19:00 for buffet, 19:30 for talk):

CMMI

CMMI is the Capability Maturity Model Integration. The CMMI is a comprehensive model that describes in detail what it means for an organisation to be capable at the business of building solutions.

The CMMI originated back in the 80’s when the US DOD decided to look for a method of assessing the capability of prospective suppliers to deliver complex systems. Carnegie Mellon’s Software Engineering Institute (SEI) solved the problem with the CMMI (see SEI CMMI site). Since then the CMMI has been adopted internationally and across all sectors from its original heartland in Mil-Aero through to Finance, Retail, Manufacturing and more.

This talk will look at

• The CMMI model
• Where has it been used
• Benefits reported
• Future developments in the pipeline, including
  • CMMI for procurement
  • CMMI for services (ITIL)

Speaker

Kieran Doyle is a leading process improvement consultant with Lamri Ltd, he specialises in the practical application of the CMMI in a business context. Kieran has helped a global defence contractor in their CMMI journey to maturity level 3 and supported CMMI programmes in many industry sectors including Telecoms, Finance and Retail. Before becoming a consultant Kieran lead the process improvement programme for System X software development within Marconi. He has also held posts in Programme & Project Management, Quality Management and Software Engineering. Kieran is currently making the transition to full SEI approved lead appraiser status for CMMI.

Please preregister at http://www.bcs-spa.org/cgi-bin/view/SPA/CmmiOverview