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The Westfall Team will partner with your in-house specialists to improve your software quality by:
evaluating your existing software quality systems and identifying process
improvement opportunities based on industry standards, models and best practices
helping you establish a software quality engineering function to cover
the entire software development and maintenance life cycle
facilitating process definition meetings with your in-house
specialists and staff
documenting your existing software standards, processes, guidelines and
templates through interviewing key software personnel
facilitating process improvement efforts, post project reviews and root
cause analysis of reported product and process defects
providing training for your staff that is customized to your software
quality system
SEI CMM-SW® & CMMI®
Implementation & Gap Analysis Consulting:
The Westfall Team will partner with your in-house specialists to
help you organization implement the Software Engineering Institute's (SEI)
Capability Maturity Models including the CMM-SW® and CMMI®:
evaluating your existing software processes and performing a gap analysis against
the CMM-SW® or CMMI® to select and prioritize improvement opportunities
facilitating process improvement efforts including process definition meetings with your in-house
specialists and staff to implement CMM-SW® or CMMI® process areas
documenting your existing software standards, processes, guidelines and
templates through interviewing key software personnel
providing training for your staff that is customized to your software
processes
ISO 9001:2000 Implementation & Gap
Analysis Consulting:
The Westfall Team will partner with your in-house specialists to improve your software quality by:
evaluating your existing software processes and performing a gap analysis against
the ISO 9001:2000 standard to select and prioritize improvement
opportunities
facilitating process improvement efforts including process definition meetings with your in-house
specialists and staff to meet ISO 9001:2000 requirements
documenting your existing software standards, processes, guidelines and
templates through interviewing key software personnel
providing training for your staff that is customized to your software
processes
The Westfall Team will
conduct audits or assessments to evaluate against industry, organizational or
customer standards, processes, requirements or other specified criteria by:
evaluating the adequacy of your organization's standards, processes, plans and
systems to meet stated quality objectives
evaluating compliance to industry, organizational or customer standards,
processes, requirements or other specified criteria
evaluating effectiveness of your organization's standards, processes, plans and systems and their
implementation
identifying areas of noncompliance and/or improvement opportunities
The Westfall Team will partner with your in-house specialists to improve your software
development processes by:
evaluating
your existing software development processes and identifying process
improvement opportunities based on industry standards, models and best practices
helping you establish a software development process engineering definition to cover
the entire software development and maintenance life cycle
facilitating process definition meetings with your in-house
specialists and staff
documenting your existing software engineering standards, processes, guidelines and
templates through interviewing key software personnel
facilitating process improvement efforts, post project reviews and root
cause analysis of reported product and process defects
providing training for your staff that is customized to your software
development processes
Software Metrics are an integral part of the
state-of-the-practice in software engineering.
More and more customers are specifying quality metrics reporting as part
of their contractual requirements. Software Metrics are necessary to comply with
ISO 9001 and its add-on standards (e.g. TL 9000, AS 9000), the IEEE 12207
standard and to progress in the SEI Maturity Models (i.e., CMM-SW®
and CMMI®). Companies are
using metrics to better understand, evaluate, control and predict software
processes, projects, products and services.
The Westfall Team will partner with your
in-house specialists to customize a metrics program that:
meets the reporting requirements of your customers
provides your managers and engineers with the information they need to
make better decisions
The Westfall Team will improve the quality of your
organization’s information by:
assessing your existing data collection and metrics programs and
identifying process improvement opportunities based on industry standards,
models and best practices
helping you establish a metrics program tailored to meet your information
needs
facilitating metrics selection and design meetings with your in-house specialists
and staff
designing databases for the collection of needed software engineering
data
automating your metrics reports to improve
timeliness and accuracy
providing training for your staff that is customized to your software
metrics & information system
The Westfall Team will partner with your in-house specialists to improve your software
testing by:
evaluating
your existing software testing processes and identifying process
improvement opportunities based on industry standards and best practices
facilitating test process definition meetings with your in-house
specialists and staff
documenting your existing software testing standards, processes, guidelines and
templates through interviewing key software personnel
providing training for your staff that is customized to your software
testing processes
The Westfall Team will partner with your in-house specialists to improve your software
peer reviews & inspections by:
evaluating
your existing software peer review & inspection processes and identifying process
improvement opportunities based on industry best practices
facilitating peer review & inspection process definition meetings with your in-house
specialists and staff
documenting your existing software peer review & inspection standards, processes, guidelines and
templates through interviewing key software personnel
providing training for your staff that is customized to your software peer
review & inspection processes including inspection moderator training
The Westfall Team will partner with your in-house specialists to improve your software
project management by:
evaluating
your existing software project planning, tracking and control processes and identifying process
improvement opportunities based on industry standards, models and best practices
documenting your existing software project management standards, processes, guidelines and
templates through interviewing key software personnel
facilitating project planning meetings and post-project review meetings with your in-house
specialists and staff
providing training for your staff that is customized to your software
project management processes
The Westfall Team will partner with your in-house specialists to improve your software
risk management by:
evaluating
your existing software risk management processes and identifying process
improvement opportunities based on industry standards and best practices
documenting your existing software risk management standards, processes, guidelines and
templates through interviewing key software personnel
facilitating project risk identification, analysis and planning meetings with your in-house
specialists and staff
providing training for your staff that is customized to your software
risk management processes
The Westfall Team will partner with your in-house specialists to improve your software
configuration management by:
evaluating
your existing software configuration management processes and identifying process
improvement opportunities based on industry standards and best practices
documenting your existing software configuration management standards, processes, guidelines and
templates through interviewing key software personnel
providing training for your staff that is customized to your software
configuration management processes
The Westfall Team will partner with your in-house specialists to improve your software
acquisition & supplier management by:
evaluating
your existing software acquisition & supplier management processes and identifying process
improvement opportunities based on industry standards, models and best practices
helping you establish a software acquisition & supplier management function to cover
the entire software development and maintenance life cycle
documenting your existing software acquisition & supplier management standards, processes, guidelines and
templates through interviewing key software personnel
providing training for your staff that is customized to your software
acquisition & supplier management processes
For more information about consulting and training services provided by The
Westfall Team
Send an email to:
lwestfall@westfallteam.com
Or call: 972-867-1172
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