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Pittsburgh Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN)

The Most Livable SPIN in the USA invites you to our first program 
of the season.

Meeting Announcement

6:30 - 9:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 28, 1994
Software Engineering Institute


Agenda

6:30 - 7:00	SPIN Business - Don McAndrews
7:00 - 7:30	Refreshments/Networking
7:30 - 8:45	Invited Speaker - Bill Peterson
8:45 - 9:00	Questions/Survey

Our special guest is Bill Peterson, Director of the SEI Process Program.  He
will present:  The Capability Maturity Model for Software and Software Process
Improvement.  Bill's biography is attached.

Abstract: Improving software processes has led to substantial cost, schedule
and quality improvement for a number of companies.  Software process
improvement builds on the principles of total quality management (TQM) and the
teachings of Edward Deming, Joseph Juran and Phil Crosby.  These principles
are embedded in the Capability Maturity Model for Software (CMM).  In this
talk, Bill Peterson gives an overview of the SEI's CMM and the IDEAL
(Initiating, Diagnosing, Establishing, Acting, and Leveraging) approach to
implementing software process improvement.  He also presents some of the
improvement results discovered by several companies who have initiated and
measured the results of software process improvement programs.

Following Bill's talk, we will complete a survey that will give the SPIN
Steering Committee additional information about the backgrounds of our
membership.  This meeting and the results of the survey will set the stage for
the remainder of the SPIN season as we put together our programs to address
YOUR software process improvement needs.
  
Please post this notice, distribute it broadly, and extend this invitation to
your colleagues who may be interested in software process improvement.  We
need people who can contribute their knowledge, experience, time, and/or ideas
to make this SPIN successful.  Anyone interested may attend; however, for
logistical purposes, please RSVP by September 23 if you plan to attend.

RSVP

Don McAndrews
e-mail:	drm@vaxa.switch.com
phone:	(412) 369-2328
fax:	(412) 369-2399

If you can not attend but are interested, please contact me and I will forward
information on our next SPIN meeting.

NOTE:  We will be collecting $3 per attendee to cover expenses (mailing,
refreshments, etc.)

MISSION:  The Pittsburgh SPIN is a group of professionals who share a common
interest in the field of software engineering and software process
improvement.  The SPIN is a forum for free and open exchange of software
process improvement experiences and ideas.  We promote mutual respect,
software quality, and achieving higher levels of process maturity.  Our
mission is to help sustain commitment and enhance skills through an active
program of networking, publications, recognition of excellence, and mutual
support.


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Biographical Information

Bill Peterson

Bill Peterson is the Director of the Software Process Program at the Software
Engineering Institute (SEI).  This program works with organizations throughout
government, industry, and academia to transition proven process management
techniques into practice.

Mr. Peterson's current thrusts are to transition the SEI's Capability Maturity
Model (CMM) for Software into the state of the practice through the IDEAL
(Initiating, Diagnosing, Establishing, Acting, and Leveraging) framework.  His
interests lie in providing SEI process products and services, as well as
evaluating and reporting on the benefits of software process improvement that
result from the transitioning of the models.

Mr. Peterson has over 23 years of industry experience, with the IBM
Corporation.  With IBM, he held several roles as both Software Manager as well
as orchestrating process improvement activities.  Most of this experience is
in the areas of managing software projects, in software process definition and
management, and teaching software engineering.

Mr. Peterson received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1969 with emphasis in
Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Cornell University.  He
was project leader of the CMM Project and has represented the SEI at software
conferences and panels on software process.   He currently is an active member
of the SEI's CMM Advisory Board and the Process Program Advisory Board.



Bill Peterson
Software Engineering Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh,  PA  15213
(412) 268-7718
wcp@sei.cmu.edu

The SEI, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a federally funded research
and development center operated by Carnegie Mellon University under contract
to the U.S. Department of Defense.  The objective of the SEI is to provide
leadership in software engineering and in the transition of new software
engineering technology into practice.







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Janice M. Marchok                                      (412)268-6815
Member of the Technical Staff               Internet:jmm@sei.cmu.edu