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5th Annual CMMI® Technology Conference & User Group

13 - 17 November 2005

Denever, CO

Agenda
DTIC Citations

Monday, November 14, 2005

Tutorial Tracks
Track 1:

Calculating CMMI-Based Return on Investment (ROI): Why, When, What, How?, Mr. Rolf W. Reitzig, Cognece, Inc.
A Practical Guide to Implementing Levels 4 and 5, Mr. Rick Hefner, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Track 2:

Agile/Lean Workshop, Mr. Jeffrey Dutton, Jacobs Sverdrup
Mr. Tim Kasse, Kasse Initiatives, LLC:

Track 3:

The Look and Feel of a Successful CMMI Implementaiton, Mr. Tim Kasse, Kasse Initiatives, LLC
- How to Define CMMI Based Process That are Short and Usable
- Using a Process Measurement Framework to Successfully Achieve Measurable Results, Mr. Timothy G. Olson, Quality Improvement Consultatnts, Inc.

Track 4:

Using Simulation to Support Better Management Decisions, Dr. David M. Raffo, Portland State University
Institutionalizing Resource Planning and Management Part I and Part II, Mr. Donald A. Borcherding, NexSummit, LLC

Track 5:

The CMMI V1.2 … A Tutorial, Mr. David M. Phillips, SEI

Track 6:

Integrated Porject Management (IPM) - The CMMI and Collaborative Product Develop
Requirement Engineering: A Practicial Approach to Modeling and Managing Requirements, Mr. William J. Deibler, II Software Systems Quality Consulting - SSQC

Tuesday, November 15, 2005

General Sessions

LTG Joseph Yakovac, USA, Miliatry Deputy Office of the Secretary of the Army, Acquisition, Logistics & Technology

Executive Panel: "How Has CMMI Improved Our Program & Project Performance -- Or Has It?":

Mr. Mark Schaeffer, Director, Systems Engineering, OUSD(AT&L) Defense System and OSD Sponsor, CMMI
Mr. Dev Banerjee, Division Director, Systems & Flight Engineering, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
Mr. John Evers, Raytheon Processes Program Manager, Raytheon Common Engineering Process Program
Brig Gen Gary Salisbury, USAF (Ret), Executive Director Business Development, Defense Mission Systems, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems

Lunch:

CMMI State of the Model, Mr. Bob Rassa, Raytheon; Mr. Clyde Chittister, SEI

Technical Sessions
Track 1: CMMI Process Improvement

CMMI/ISO - "Can't we all just get along?", Mr. Dale R. Spaulding, The Boeing Company
Real World Application of IEEE Software Engineering Standards to CMM/CMMI Software Process Improvement Initiatives, Ms. Susan K. Land, Norhtrop Gurmman IT/TASC
The CMMI Product Suite and International Standards -- An Update, Mr. David H. Kitson, SEI

Track 2: Practical Guidance

Verification in CMMI using Peer Reviews - Presentation and Paper, Ms. Jeanne H. Balsam, Georgia Tech Research Institute
Process QA in the Information Age: Keep it Light!, Hillel Glazer, Entinex, Inc.
Defect Datat and Configuation Management, Ms. Julie E. Schmarje, Raytheon Company

Track 3: Appraisals

Wasted Days and Wasted Nights - Leveraging Your Appraisal Team as a Resource, Dr. Timothy J. Davis, Raytheon Missile Systems
Building a Credible SCAMPI Appraisal Representative Sample, Mr. Robert L. Moore, III., Business Transformation Institute, Inc.
Top 10 Signs You're Ready (or Not) for an Appraisal, Mr. Gary Natwick, Harris Corporation

Track 4: ROI & Benefits of CMMI

Measuring Performance: Evidence About the Results of CMMI, Ms. Diane Gibson, SEI
Prioritizing Process Improvement Strategies in CMMI to Optimize Business Objectives, Dr. Aldo Dagnino, ABB, Inc. US Corporate Research
Implementing a Plan for Controlling ROI for CMMI Process Improvement, Mr. J. M. Perry, BAE Systems
Lessons Learned in the Engineering of Process Performance Models on the Journey to Higher Maturity Levels, Mr. Dr. Mary Anne Herndon, SAIC

Track 5: Acquisition / High Maturity

Getting Lost on the Way to Level 5, Ms. Kathy King, The Center for Systems Management
Understanding Why?, Mr. David N. Card, Q-Labs

Track 6: Transitioning to CMMI

Migrating Best Practices Within an Organization: Experiences in Adapting CMMI Policies and Procedures Used in One Part of a Business to Another, Mr. Scott Sherrill, Georgia Tech Research Institute
An Enterprise Wide CMMI Implementation at Accenture, Ms. Sarah S. Bengzon, Accenture
Stakeholder Identification and Involvement in the CMMI, Mr. James R. Armstrong, Systems and Software Consortium
Ensuring the Right Process is Deployed Right: Synchronizing Process Checkpoints with Business Rhythm, Ms. Joan Weszka, Lockheed Martin Corporation

Track 7: CMMI for Small Projects anhd Organizations

Making PPQA Work on Small Projects Presentation and Paper, Ms. Jean M. Swank, Georgia Tech Research Institute
Does Size Matter in CMMI Implementation or Was Yoda Wrong?, Mr. Paul H. Meyers, SAIC

Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Technical Sessions
Track 1: CMMI Process Improvement

A Change Agent in a Level 1 Organization; How to Survive in a Hostile Environment, Mr. Andrew Cordes, ABB - United States Corporate Research Center
"Sound Systems Engineering Using CMMI", Mr. Michael T. Kutch, Jr., SPAWAR - Charleston
Using CMMI to "Dig Out" from an Ad Hoc Development?, Mr. Donald A. Borcherding, NexSummit, LLC
Strategic Planning: Selling a CMMI-Based Improvement Effort to Senior Management, Dr. Aldo Dagnino, ABB, Inc., US Corporate Research
Enterprise Process Intergration within the Space and Airborne Systems Business Area of Raytheon, Mrs. Deana A. Seigler, Raytheon Company
Interpreting the CMMI: It Depends!, Mr. Rick Hefner, Northrop Grumman Corporation
CMMI as Safeguard Against Software Entropy: A Manager's Perspective, Dr. Thomas F. Christian, Jr., 402 SMXG
"Its how big? How will you deploy it without killing my team and my program?", Mr. William Borkowski, Jr., Raytheon Missile Systems

Track 2: Practical Guidance

Are You Making the Most of Your Project Schedules?, Ms. Susan Byrnes, PMP, Natural SPI, Inc.
- Keeping the Team Motivated for Success
- "Barrier Busting" - Obtaining Active Leadership Support, Mr. Michael D. Scott, Raytheon Missile Systems
Using a Level 3 Process to Achieve CMMI Level 3, Mr. Stephen Ross, Raytheon Company
Accelerating Process Improvement through Collaboratio: The NAVAIR Systems Process Improvement Community of Practice, Ms. Katie Smith, Naval Air Systems Command
What the CMMI Doesn't Say About Training (But Should!), Sree Yellayi, Siemens Corporate Research
CMMI CP 2.8 Interpretation and Implementation: Is This Practice Just About Numbers?, Mr. Lester Stamnas, Norausky Process Solutions, Inc.
Creating Helpful process Directives, Mr. Kenneth I. Weinberg, Raytheon Company

Track 3: Appraisals

Lessions Learned in Helping Large and Small Organizations Prepare for their First Appraisal, Mr. Robert J. Pomietto, Center for Systems Management
Behind Closed Doors, Mr. Tom G. Lienhard, Raytheon Missile Systems
- CMMI Appraisal Results: The Shocking Truth Revealed
- Lead Appraisers Gone Wild , Ms. Margaret A. Glover, SEI
Improving Document Reviews for Appraisals, Mr. Kent McClurg, Raytheon Company
Finding CMMI Compliant Artifacts and a Needle in a Haystack, Adrio J. DeCicco, Raytheon Company
Lessons Learned and Best Practices for Evidence Collection in Preparation for a SCAMPI Appraisal, Mr. Ben Berauer, Raytheon Company
Maximizing Value for SCAMPI(SM) Preparation, Ms. Joan Weszka, Lockheed Martin Corporation

Track 4: ROI & Benefits of CMMI

Evaluating the Impact New Tools and Technologies Using Simulation, Dr. David M. Raffo, Portland State University
The ROI Dashbord (c): Understanding the Benefits of CMMI, Mr. Thomas L. McGibbon, ITT Industries, AES
Quality Assurance Involvement Compared to Program Results, Ms. Jill Brooks, Raytheon Company
Rapidly Achieving Measurable ROI Using Early Defect Detection, Mr. Timothy G. Olson, Quality Improvement Consultants, Inc.
CMMI Process Improvement: Its not a technical problem, its a people problem, Mr. Rolf W. Reitzig, Cognence, Inc.
A Project's Perspective of a CMMI Level 5, Mr. Warren Scheinin, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Achieving the Promised Benefits of CMMI, Dr. Rick Hefner, Norhtrop Grumman Corporation
Measuring Economic Benefits of Process Improvement in CMMI Level 1 Organization, Dr. Aldo Dagnino, ABB, Inc., US Corporate Research

Track 5: High Maturity

Logarithms Can Be Your Friends: Controlling Peer Review Cost?, Dr. Richard L. W. Welch, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Journeys on the Road to Level 5, Mr. Joseph V. Vanderville, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Lessons Learned on the SCAMPI Road to CMMI-Software Level 5, Mr. Joseph N. Frisina, BAE Systems
Merging Measurement in Mature Companies - A Success Story of Measurement Process Integration, Ms. Sharon Rohde, Lockheed Martin IS&S
The Road to Process Improvement Successes: CMMI Level 5/ISO 9001-2000 Business Model, Mrs. Debra S. Roy, BAE Systems, National Security Solutions
Reducing Variation at Each CMMI Maturity Level?, Mr. Timothy Kasse, Kasse Initiatives, LLC
Ways to Ensure the Culture Supports Level 5, Mr. Warren Scheinin, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Analyzing Defects Can Tell a Story About a Company?, Ms. Diane A. Mitzukami-Williams, Northrop Grumman Corporation Mission Systems

Track 6: Transition to CMMI

Combining Six IPTS and Transitioning to CMMI, Ms. Judy Overhouser-Duett, NAVAIR
How to Transition Models and Disciplines - Looking for Transition in all the Wrong Places, Ms. Lori G. Smailes, TYBRIN Corporation
Using SW-SMM SQA Independent Verificaiton as a First Step for the Transition to CMMI, Mr. Alfredo N. Tsukumo, CenPRA-Centro de Pesquisas Renato Archer
Service Extensions to the CMMI, Mr. Craig R. Hollenbach, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Applying CMMI to Services, Mr. Juan C. Ceva, Raytheon ITSS
Management Challenges & Lessons Learned Implementing CMMI in a Services Environment, Mr. Thomas E. Zience, BAE Systems Information Technology
CMMI v1.1 for a Service Oriented Organization, Mr. Steven K. Hall, Raytheon Corporation

Track 7: Measurement

Software Size Growth and Uncertainity - Both Affect Estimate Quality and Project Risk Presentation and Paper, Mr. Michael A. Ross, Galorath, Inc.
Building an Automated System to Support Measurement in CMMI, Dr. Richard Hayden, Pragma Systems Corporation
Team of Three - How to Get Program, Functional and Process Management Working Together, Mr. Mark A. Marsh, Raytheon Company
Parametric Project Monitoring and Control: Performance-Based Progress Assessment and Prediction Presentation and Paper, Mr. Michael A. Ross, Galorath, Inc.
Measuring and Estimating Process Performance, Dr. Richard D. Stutzke, SAIC

Thursday, November 17, 2005

Technical Sessions
Track 1: CMMI Process Improvement

"Barrier Busting" - Obtaining Active Leadership Support, Mr. Michael D. Scott, Raytheon
Don't Write the Wrong Processes!, Ms. Suzanne B. Zampella, The Center for Systems Management
Contrasting CMMI Contrasting CMMI and the PMBOK, Mr. Wayne Sherer, Anteon Corporation
Being Customer Oriented, Mr. Tim Kasse, Kasse Initiatives, LLC
Learning from Lessons Observed - Mitigating Resistance to Process Improvement, Mr. Bob Norris, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Track 2: Practical Guidance

Supplier Management Strategy Considerations with CMMI, Mr. Rick Hefner, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Simplifying Process Tailoring To Enhance Project Execution, Mr. Howard T. Kaplan, Raytheon Company
CMMI and agile: a High Tech R&D Success Story, Mr. Gene Miluk, SEI
How to Incorporate "Lessons Learned" for Sustained Process Improvements, Mr. Anil K. Midha, BAE Systems
Data Management: The Hidden Enabler or (The Key Data and Work Product Integrator), Mr. Lester Stamnas, Norausky Process Solutions

Track 3: Appraisals

Techniques for Shortening the Time and Cost of CMMI Appraisals, Mr. Sam Fogle, Systems and Software Consortium, Inc.
Using Classified Programs in CMMI Appraisals, Mr. Kenneth I. Weinberg, Raytheon Company
The Best Intentions of SCAMPI V1.1: What We Meant and What Some People Heard, Mr. Will Hayes, SEI
A Quantitative Comparison of SCAMPI A, B, and C, Mr. Dan Luttrell, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems
Performing Consistent Appraisals in a Global Organization, Ms. Jeanine Courtney-Clark, Integrated System Diagnostics, Inc.

Track 4: ROI & Benefits of CMM I / SCAMPI B/C

The Effects of CMMI on Program Performance, Mr. Joseph P. Elm, SEI
Squeezing Variation for Profit, Mr. Donald R. Corpron, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Process In Execution Review (PIER) and the SCAMPI B Method, Ms. Lorraine J. Adams, SEI
Planning a SCAMPI C Appraisal from a Strategic Perspective, Mr. John P. Kennedy, The Mitre Corporation
Critical Path SCAMPISM Getting Real Business Results from Appraisals, Mr. Michael J. West, Natural SPI, Inc.
Using SCAMPI C for Collective Improvement Across a Multi-Business Program, Mr. Oktawian Nowak, Motorola, Inc.

Track 5: High Maturity

A Statistical Approach to Product Quality Assurance, Mr. Randall J. Varga, BAE Systems
The Key to a High Maturity Rating is - ORGANIZATION, Mrs. Karen M. Pelletier, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Paladin Drives Forward To CMMI® Maturity Level 5, Mr. Victor Elias, M.S., Armament Software Engineering Center, US Army
Business Improvements Achieving CMMI® Level 5 at SAIC: Who Keeps Moving My Process?, Ms. Sharon Cobb Flanagan, SAIC
Extending CMMI Level 4/5 Organization Metrics Beyond Software Development, Ms. Linda R. Brooks, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Track 6: CMMI Extensions

Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI®) Tailoring for an IT/MS Services Environment, Ms. Stacy Savage, BAE Systems Information Technology
Adapting CMMI for Acquisition Organizations: A Preliminary Report, Dr. Hubert Hofmann, General Motors
How to Become Your Customer's Software Provider of Choice, Mr. David Herron, DCG, Inc.
Space and Missile Systems CenteSpace and Missile Systems Center, Mr. Keith Wright, SPARTA, Inc.
Software Outsourcing with CMMI, Dr. John W. Mishler, SEI

Track 7: Systems Engineering

Sound Systems Engineering using CMMI®, Ms. Sandee D. Guidry, TECHSOFT
Systems Engineering Influence Throughout the CMMI, Mr. Tim Kasse, Kasse Initiatives, LLC
Future of System and Software Engineering Project Management and the CMMI, Dr. Kenneth E. Nidiffer, Systems and Software Consortium

DTIC Citations
AD1017393 (Vol 1, Monday)
AD1017416 (Vol 2, Tuesday)
AD1017419 (Vol 3, Wednesday)
AD1017422 (Vol 4, Thursday)